# CVE-2023-52950: Information disclosure in Synology Active Backup for Business Agent

> Adjacent attackers can intercept unencrypted login data to steal user credentials in Synology Active Backup for Business Agent.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jhfv-w6h7-38j4

## What is CVE-2023-52950?

CVE-2023-52950 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Synology Active Backup for Business Agent, published on 26 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing encryption of sensitive data vulnerability in login component in Synology Active Backup for Business Agent before 2.7.0-3221 allows adjacent man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain user credential via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-311 (Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52950?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Synology Active Backup for Business Agent.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-52950?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-52950 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-52950 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52950 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Synology Active Backup for Business Agent

- [CVE-2024-47265](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47265/): Path traversal in Active Backup for Business (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-66592](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-66592/): Path traversal in Synology Active Backup for Business Agent (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-52949](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52949/): Missing authorization in Synology Active Backup for Business Agent (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2023-52948](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52948/): Information disclosure in Synology Active Backup for Business Agent (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2024-47264](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47264/): Path traversal in Active Backup for Business (medium 4.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-52950 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-52950 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Synology Active Backup for Business Agent, published on 26 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52950 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Synology Active Backup for Business Agent. 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-2023-52950/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52950/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52950
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52950
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-52950

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52950/
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