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CVE-2022-27593: QNAP Photo Station Externally Controlled Reference Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-09-08
• EPSS: 87.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-09-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-610

Description

An externally controlled reference to a resource vulnerability has been reported to affect QNAP NAS running Photo Station. If exploited, This could allow an attacker to modify system files. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following versions: QTS 5.0.1: Photo Station 6.1.2 and later QTS 5.0.0/4.5.x: Photo Station 6.0.22 and later QTS 4.3.6: Photo Station 5.7.18 and later QTS 4.3.3: Photo Station 5.4.15 and later QTS 4.2.6: Photo Station 5.2.14 and later

Affected products

• QNAP Systems Inc. Photo Station: before 5.2.14; before 5.4.15; before 5.7.18; before 6.0.22; before 6.1.2 — fixed in 5.2.14, 5.4.15, 5.7.18, 6.0.22, 6.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: QNAP Systems Inc. Photo Station 5.2.14, 5.4.15, 5.7.18, 6.0.22. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-22-24
• https://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-22-24
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-27593

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