CVE-2018-8926

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-06-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-625

Description

Permissive regular expression vulnerability in synophoto_dsm_user in Synology Photo Station before 6.8.5-3471 and before 6.3-2975 allows remote authenticated users to conduct privilege escalation attacks via the fullname parameter.

Affected products

Synology Photo Station: from 6.3-2958 through 6.3-2975; from 6.8.0-3456 before 6.8.5-3471 — fixed in 6.8.5-3471

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Synology Photo Station 6.8.5-3471. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.synology.com/zh-tw/support/security/Synology_SA_18_15
https://www.synology.com/zh-tw/support/security/Synology_SA_18_15

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