Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-23368

CriticalRCE

Published: 03 November 2023

Published
03 November 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0356 88.0th percentile
Risk Priority 22 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-23368 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Qnap Qts. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 12.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An OS command injection vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow users to execute commands via a network. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following versions: QTS 5.0.1.2376…

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build 20230421 and later QTS 4.5.4.2374 build 20230416 and later QuTS hero h5.0.1.2376 build 20230421 and later QuTS hero h4.5.4.2374 build 20230417 and later QuTScloud c5.0.1.2374 and later

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

qnap
qts
4.5.4, 4.5.4.1715, 4.5.4.1723, 4.5.4.1741, 4.5.4.1787
qnap
quts hero
h4.5.4.1771, h4.5.4.1800, h4.5.4.1813, h4.5.4.1848, h4.5.4.1892
qnap
qutscloud
c5.0.1.1949, c5.0.1.1998, c5.0.1.2044, c5.0.1.2148

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

References