Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting qbittorrent/qbittorrent package, versions [,5.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-QBITTORRENTQBITTORRENT-8323740
  • published 3 Nov 2024
  • disclosed 2 Nov 2024
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade qbittorrent/qbittorrent to version 5.0.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to improper handling of certificate validation errors. An attacker can intercept and manipulate secure communications by exploiting the lack of proper validation.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.6 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Active
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    High
  • Integrity (VI)
    High
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None