QSAN Storage Manager, XEVO, SANOS - Use of Hard-coded Password

published 2021-07-07 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-19367

cvss: 7.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits: 0; none known

Use of MAC address as an authenticated password in QSAN Storage Manager, XEVO, SANOS allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Suggest contacting with QSAN and refer to recommendations in QSAN Document.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

QSAN XEVO 1.2.0

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Exploit prediction

0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

QSAN Storage Manager
QSAN XEVO
QSAN SANOS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-259 Use of Hard-coded Password
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

twcert.org.tw /tw/cp-132-4877-7b696-1.html
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-32521
NVD CVE-2021-32521

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