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

Critical severity, CVSS 9.1. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2022-09-08. EPSS: 87.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 Photo Station: before 5.2.14 (fixed in 5.2.14); before 5.4.15 (fixed in 5.4.15); before 5.7.18 (fixed in 5.7.18); before 6.0.22 (fixed in 6.0.22); before 6.1.2 (fixed in 6.1.2)

Published 2022-09-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.