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01 Record

CVE-2018-8916

Unverified password change vulnerability in Change Password in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 6.2-23739 allows remote authenticated users to reset password without verification.

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: synology
CNA base score6.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

02 Description

Unverified password change vulnerability in Change Password in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 6.2-23739 allows remote authenticated users to reset password without verification.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 61.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-06-08 13:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 18:59Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-03-22
Assigning CNA
synology
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
  • CWE-620Unverified Password ChangeBase
  • CWE-640Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten PasswordBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
b5542ad4e39b15c9bdd77c2da52c8f1091c502620aea2d354cf0678f4c3e781e

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
SynologyDiskStation Manager (DSM)< 6.2-23739—

06 References