Nintendo Reports Switch QR Code Data Leak Fixed In System Version 23.0.0
Nintendo's own disclosure puts a proximity-reading risk on two ordinary Switch features, and the fix already shipped on September 10, so the remaining exposure sits with anyone who has not updated.
Reporting from 1 source: GAME Watch (Impress).
Nintendo published a notice about a possible console information leak on Nintendo Switch. A third party could read QR codes shown on screen during the Album's Send to Smartphone function and while using a kart in Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit. Both cases require the QR code to be displayed on the Switch itself, and Switch 2 is not affected. The issue was fixed in System Version 23.0.0, released September 10.
The vulnerability appears in two places where the Switch puts a QR code on its own screen: the Album's Send to Smartphone function and kart use in Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit. In both, a nearby third party could read the code and obtain console information.
Nintendo says Switch 2 is not affected. The company fixed the issue in System Version 23.0.0, released September 10, and points users on older versions to environments where those QR codes cannot be read by others.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- GAME Watch (Impress) 任天堂、Switch本体の情報漏えいの可能性があったことを発表