CVE-2022-27593
QNAP Photo Station Externally Controlled Reference Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 29 September 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 87.91% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 8 September 2022 · due 29 September 2022 · used in ransomware campaigns
- Weakness
- CWE-610
- Affected
- qnap/photo station
- Source
- security@qnapsecurity.com.tw
EPSS 87.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-22-24; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27593
References
- https://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-22-24Vendor Advisory
- https://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-22-24Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-27593US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.