CVE-2021-32509 QSAN Storage Manager - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following via FileviewDoc function
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-32509 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2021-32509 is a medium-severity vulnerability in QSAN Storage Manager, published on 7 Jul 2021.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-32509 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: QSAN Storage Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32509/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32509/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-32509?
CVE-2021-32509 is a medium-severity vulnerability in QSAN Storage Manager, published on 7 Jul 2021.
Official description
Absolute Path Traversal vulnerability in FileviewDoc in QSAN Storage Manager allows remote authenticated attackers access arbitrary files by injecting the Symbolic Link following the Url path parameter. The referred vulnerability has been solved with the updated version of QSAN Storage Manager v3.3.3.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-32509?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Qsan Storage Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2021-32509?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-32509 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-32509 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-32509 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in QSAN Storage Manager
- CVE-2021-32512 QSAN Storage Manager - Command Injection Following via QuickInstall function
- CVE-2021-32513 QSAN Storage Manager - Command Injection Following via QsanTorture function
- CVE-2021-32520 QSAN Storage Manager - Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
- CVE-2021-32523 QSAN Storage Manager - Improper Authorization
- CVE-2021-32524 QSAN Storage Manager - Command Injection-3
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g2wf-v8q9-85jj.