CVE-2022-27593 on CISA KEV

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 Statio

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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…

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• www.qnap.com — https://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-22-24

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
QNAP Systems Inc.	Photo Station	unspecified
QNAP Systems Inc.	Photo Station	unspecified
QNAP Systems Inc.	Photo Station	unspecified
QNAP Systems Inc.	Photo Station	unspecified
QNAP Systems Inc.	Photo Station	unspecified
QNAP Systems Inc.	Photo Station	unspecified

06Detection

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