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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2021-28798"
idYear: 2021
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2021-05-21T03:00:11.671Z"
updatedAt: "2024-09-16T18:49:25.069Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:26.894Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-28798"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-28798.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28798"
title: "Relative Path Traversal Vulnerability in QTS and QuTS hero"
summary: "A relative path traversal vulnerability has been reported to affect QNAP NAS running QTS and QuTS hero. If exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to modify files that impact system integrity. QNAP have already fixed this vulnerability in the following versions: QTS 4.5.2.1630 Build 20210406 and later QTS 4.3.6.1663 Build 20210504 and later QTS 4.3.3.1624 Build 20210416 and later QuTS hero h4.5.2.1638 Build 20210414 and later QNAP NAS running QTS 4.5.3 are not affected."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"unspecified","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"4.5.2.1630 Build 20210406"},{"version":"unspecified","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"4.3.6.1663 Build 20210504"},{"version":"unspecified","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"4.3.3.1624 Build 20210416"},{"version":"4.5.3","status":"unaffected"}],"vendor":"QNAP Systems Inc.","product":"QTS"},{"versions":[{"version":"unspecified","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"h4.5.2.1638 Build 20210414"}],"vendor":"QNAP Systems Inc.","product":"QuTS hero"}]

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