CVE-2023-34972

LowCVSS 3.5

Published: 24/08/2023(UTC)Updated: 17/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 19/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.15%

5th percentile — higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability has been reported affecting QNAP operating systems regarding the cleartext transmission of sensitive information. If exploited, local network clients may read unexpected sensitive data via unspecified vectors.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to the exposure of sensitive information within the local network, posing a risk to the organization's data security.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update QNAP operating systems to QTS 5.0.1.2425 (build 20230609) or later, QTS 5.1.0.2444 (build 20230629) or later, and QuTS hero h5.1.0.2424 (build 20230609) or later.

Original NVD description (English source)

A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability has been reported to affect QNAP operating systems. If exploited, the vulnerability possibly allows local network clients to read the contents of unexpected sensitive data via unspecified vectors. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following versions: QTS 5.0.1.2425 build 20230609 and later QTS 5.1.0.2444 build 20230629 and later QuTS hero h5.1.0.2424 build 20230609 and later