Hard-coded credentials in Quantum StorNext
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-798.
Summary
Quantum StorNext Web GUI API before 7.2.4 grants access to internal StorNext configuration and unauthorized modification of some software configuration parameters via undocumented user credentials. This affects StorNext RYO before 7.2.4, StorNext Xcellis Workflow Director before 7.2.4, and ActiveScale Cold Storage.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA StorNext (Quantum) Fixed in 7.2.4
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Quantum StorNext 7.2.4
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-29322 Unrestricted file upload in Quantum StorNextPriority MEDIUM 44
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-46617
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8p8h-vpmc-q8xq
More Quantum vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-29322 Unrestricted file upload in Quantum StorNext CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2014-02368 logViewer.htm on the Dell ML6000 tape backup system with firmware before i8.2.0.2… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
- TI-2012-01628 The Quantum Scalar i500 tape library with firmware before i7.0.3 (604G.GS00100), also… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2012-01627 Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in saveRestore.htm on the Quantum Scalar… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.0
- TI-2012-01625 Absolute path traversal vulnerability in logShow.htm on the Quantum Scalar i500 tape… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2019-13811 Quantum SuperLoader 3 V94.0 005E.0h devices allow attackers to access the hardcoded fa… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-46617 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-46617 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8p8h-vpmc-q8xq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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