CVE-2018-19946

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Published Sep 11, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 4.2 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The vulnerability have been reported to affect earlier versions of Helpdesk. If exploited, this improper certificate validation vulnerability could allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by interfering in the communication path between the host and client. QNAP has already fixed the issue in Helpdesk 3.0.3 and later.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

QNAP Systems Inc.

Helpdesk

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 3.0.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:qnap:helpdesk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-11617	The vulnerability have been reported to affect earlier versions of Helpdesk. If exploited, this improper certificate validation vulnerability could allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by interfering in the communication path between the host and client. QNAP has already fixed the issue in Helpdesk 3.0.3 and later.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.315% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.qnap.com/zh-tw/security-advisory/qsa-20-05

History

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Subscriptions

Qnap Helpdesk

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 11:51 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: qnap
Published: Sep 11, 2020, 2:14 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 11:51 AM
Reserved: Dec 7, 2018, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:50 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 11, 2020, 3:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:50 AM

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