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CVE-2021-38685

A command injection vulnerability has been reported to affect QNAP device, VioStor.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.47%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A command injection vulnerability has been reported to affect QNAP device, VioStor. If exploited, this vulnerability allows remote attackers to run arbitrary commands. We have already fixed this vulnerability in the following versions of QVR: QVR FW 5.1.6 build 20211109 and later

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.47% probability · 74th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78
Affected
qnap/qvr
Source
security@qnapsecurity.com.tw
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.47%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.