CVE-2023-0142

HIGH

8.1

CVSS Score

Published: June 13, 2023 at 06:52 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:24 AM UTC

3 products affected across 1 vendorDiskStation ManagerRouter ManagerDiskstation Manager Unified Controller

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Severity

HIGH8.1

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1.0%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

Uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in Backup Management functionality in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 6.2.4-25556-8, 7.0.1-42218-7 and 7.1-42661 allows remote authenticated users with administrator privileges to read or write arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

DiskStation Manager · Synology

95%

6.2 ≤ v < 6.2.4-25556-86.2 ≤ v < 7.1-426617.0 ≤ v < 7.0.1-42218-77.1 ≤ v < 7.1-426616.2 7.0 7.1

Affected range stops below 6.2.4-25556-8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.0.1-42218-7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.1-42661, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2 (unknown)

Diskstation Manager Unified Controller · Synology

95%

3.1 ≤ v < 3.1.*3.1

Vendor states this is fixed in 3.1 (unknown)

Router Manager · Synology

95%

1.2 ≤ v < 1.3.1-93461.3 ≤ v < 1.3.*1.3 1.3.1-9346 1.3.1-9346 update_1 1.3.1-9346 update_2 1.3.1-9346 update_3 1.3.1-9346 update_4 1.3.1-9346 update_5

Affected range stops below 1.3.*, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 1.3.1-9346, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Vendor states this is fixed in 1.2 (unknown)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.synology.com/en-global/security/advisory/Synology_SA_23_05

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.synology.com/en-global/security/advisory/Synology_SA_23_06

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.1HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-427

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