# CVE-2024-50396: QTS, QuTS hero

> Remote attackers can exploit a format string vulnerability in QNAP operating systems to read secret data or modify memory.

- **Severity:** High 7.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 22 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ghmx-jqp7-vfvf

## What is CVE-2024-50396?

CVE-2024-50396 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qnap Qts, published on 22 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow remote attackers to obtain secret data or modify memory.

We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following versions:
QTS 5.2.1.2930 build 20241025 and later
QuTS hero h5.2.1.2929 build 20241025 and later

Weakness: CWE-134 (Use of Externally-Controlled Format String)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50396?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Qnap Qts, Qnap Quts Hero.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50396?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-50396 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-50396 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50396 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qnap Qts

- [CVE-2020-2509](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-2509/): QNAP Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Command Injection (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2018-19949](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-19949/): QNAP NAS File Station Command Injection (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-7193](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7193/): QNAP QTS Improper Input Validation (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2018-19943](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-19943/): QNAP NAS File Station Cross-Site Scripting (high 8.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2018-19953](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-19953/): QNAP NAS File Station Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-50396 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50396 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qnap Qts, published on 22 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50396 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qnap Qts. 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-2024-50396/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50396/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50396
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50396
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50396

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50396/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.