Vulnerability · Published Jan 2, 2026 · Assigned by qnap

CVE-2025-54166QTS, QuTS hero

Medium 4.6

In plain English

A medium-severity out-of-bounds read in QTS from QNAP Systems Inc.. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)4.6Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
QNAP Systems Inc. QTS 5.2.x – before 5.2.7.3256 build 20250913
QNAP Systems Inc. QuTS hero h5.2.x – before h5.2.7.3256 build 20250913h5.3.x – before h5.3.1.3250 build 20250912

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: 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

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