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Is CVE-2019-7194 being exploited?

Ransomware crews are using this

CISA has linked this vulnerability to known ransomware campaigns. Treat any exposed instance as an active incident, not a patching ticket.

QNAP Photo Station Path Traversal Vulnerability

QNAP · Photo Station

CVSS 9.8 EPSS 83% no public exploit indexed ransomware Fix deadline passed 22 June 2022

What it is

QNAP devices running Photo Station contain an external control of file name or path vulnerability allowing remote attackers to access or modify system files.

Why we say that

  • Linked by CISA to known ransomware campaigns
  • EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 83%
  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2022-06-22) has passed
  • CVSS 9.8 critical
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What it costs when this goes wrong

This is where UK enforcement meets the vulnerability record. This vulnerability is used in ransomware campaigns; here is what ransomware has cost UK organisations at the regulator.

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