A vulnerability was found in QNAP QTS and QuTS hero. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An OS command injection vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow authenticated users to execute commands via a network. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following versions: QTS 5.1.6.2722 build 20240402 and later QuTS hero h5.1.6.2734 build 20240414 and later

The weakness was shared by Ixz as qsa-24-20. It is possible to read the advisory at qnap.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-21898 since 01/03/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 5.1.6.2722 Build 20240402 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-262160, VDB-262161, VDB-262162 and VDB-262163 are related to this item.

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• Network Attached Storage Software

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• QNAP

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• QTS
• QuTS hero

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• 4.5.4.2790 Build 20240605
• 5.1.3.2578 Build 20231110
• 5.1.4.2596 Build 20231128

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• commercial

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