# CVE-2024-53691: QTS, QuTS hero

> Remote attackers with user access can traverse the file system to unintended locations in QNAP QTS and QuTS hero operating systems.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 24 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6hfr-hxpf-c7m6

## What is CVE-2024-53691?

CVE-2024-53691 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Qnap Qts, published on 6 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A link following vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow remote attackers who have gained user access to traverse the file system to unintended locations.

We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following versions:
QTS 5.1.8.2823 build 20240712 and later
QTS 5.2.0.2802 build 20240620 and later
QuTS hero h5.1.8.2823 build 20240712 and later
QuTS hero h5.2.0.2802 build 20240620 and later

Weakness: CWE-59 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53691?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Qnap Qts, Qnap Quts Hero.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-53691?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-53691 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-53691 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-53691 exists.

Public exploit code:

- CVE-2024-53691 (github_poc): https://github.com/C411e/CVE-2024-53691

## 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-2024-53691 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-53691 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Qnap Qts, published on 6 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-53691 exists.

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-2024-53691/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53691/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53691
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53691
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53691

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53691/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.