{"id":"CVE-2023-34972","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-34972","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:32:45.272Z","title":"A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability has been reported to affect QNAP operating systems.","description":"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.\n\nWe have already fixed the vulnerability in the following versions:\nQTS 5.0.1.2425 build 20230609 and later\nQTS 5.1.0.2444 build 20230629 and later\nQuTS hero h5.1.0.2424 build 20230609 and later\n","published":"2023-08-24T17:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:04:12.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@qnapsecurity.com.tw","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-319"],"affected":["qnap/qts","qnap/quts hero"],"epss":{"score":0.00168,"percentile":0.06098,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-23-58","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@qnapsecurity.com.tw"},{"url":"https://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-23-58","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34972","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}