CVE-2025-54164 (GCVE-0-2025-54164)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-02 14:56 – Updated: 2026-01-02 19:17
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Title
QTS, QuTS hero
Summary
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to obtain secret data. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following versions: QTS 5.2.7.3256 build 20250913 and later QuTS hero h5.2.7.3256 build 20250913 and later QuTS hero h5.3.1.3250 build 20250912 and later
Severity ?
4.6 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
QNAP Systems Inc. QTS Affected: 5.2.x , < 5.2.7.3256 build 20250913 (custom)
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    QNAP Systems Inc. QuTS hero Affected: h5.2.x , < h5.2.7.3256 build 20250913 (custom)
Affected: h5.3.x , < h5.3.1.3250 build 20250912 (custom)
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Credits
coral
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