Administrator compromise through improper certificate validation
Published Mar 11, 2026 · Updated Mar 11, 2026
Improper certificate validation in QNAP Video Station before 5.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to compromise system security. QNAP has not disclosed the certificate-handling locus or the incorrect validation operation performed on an untrusted certificate. Reachability requires local network access and an administrator account, and the vendor has not specified a more precise consequence.
Summary
What happened
Improper certificate validation in QNAP Video Station before 5.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to compromise system security. QNAP has not disclosed the certificate-handling locus or the incorrect validation operation performed on an untrusted certificate. Reachability requires local network access and an administrator account, and the vendor has not specified a more precise consequence.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-14024
- Published
- Mar 11, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Linn Products Limited
- Product
- Video Station
- Classifications
- CWE-295
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.8.x <5.8.2
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