CVE-2022-27597: QTS, QuTS hero, QuTScloud, QVP (QVR Pro appliances)
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 10/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.65% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 51.9% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
A vulnerability has been reported to affect QNAP operating systems. If exploited, the out-of-bounds read vulnerability allows remote authenticated administrators to get secret values. The vulnerability affects the following QNAP operating systems: QTS, QuTS hero, QuTScloud, QVP (QVR Pro appliances) We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following versions: QTS 5.0.1.2346 build 20230322 and later QuTS hero h5.0.1.2348 build 20230324 and later
- Published
- Mar 29, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.6% · 51th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-125
Report tools
Action score
10
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 10 / 40 · 2.7 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.6%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 2.7
- CNA · qnap
- 2.7
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- Not in KEV: no record of exploitation in the wild
- No public exploit code on record
- No fixed version yet
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| qnap | qvr | cpe:2.3:a:qnap:qvr |
| qnap | qts | cpe:2.3:o:qnap:qts |
| qnap | quts hero | cpe:2.3:o:qnap:quts_hero |
| qnap | qutscloud | cpe:2.3:o:qnap:qutscloud |
| qnap | qvp-41b firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qnap:qvp-41b_firmware |
| qnap | qvp-41b | cpe:2.3:h:qnap:qvp-41b |
| qnap | qvp-63b firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qnap:qvp-63b_firmware |
| qnap | qvp-63b | cpe:2.3:h:qnap:qvp-63b |
| qnap | qvp-85b firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qnap:qvp-85b_firmware |
| qnap | qvp-85b | cpe:2.3:h:qnap:qvp-85b |
| qnap | qvp-21a firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qnap:qvp-21a_firmware |
| qnap | qvp-21a | cpe:2.3:h:qnap:qvp-21a |
and 6 more
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (qnap). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
QNAP Systems Inc. QTS
- unspecified and later · before 5.0.1.2346 build 20230322affected
QNAP Systems Inc. QuTS hero
- unspecified and later · before h5.0.1.2348 build 20230324affected
Affected versions · NVD (11)
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- qnap qtsbefore 5.0.1.2346
- qnap quts herobefore h5.0.1.2348
- qnap qutscloudall versions
- qnap qvp-21a firmwareall versions
- qnap qvp-41a firmwareall versions
- qnap qvp-41b firmwareall versions
- qnap qvp-63a firmwareall versions
- qnap qvp-63b firmwareall versions
- qnap qvp-85a firmwareall versions
- qnap qvp-85b firmwareall versions
- qnap qvrall versions
Same product
qnap: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-27588Vulnerability in QVR39Monitor
- CVE-2021-38685Command Injection Vulnerability in VioStor39Monitor
- CVE-2021-34352Command Injection Vulnerability in QVR39Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2021-38686Nov 26, 2021 · Improper Authentication Vulnerability in VioStor35Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2023-23355Mar 29, 2023 · QTS, QuTS hero, QuTScloud, QVP (QVR Pro appliances), QVR28Monitor
- Later →CVE-2025-52856Aug 29, 2025 · An improper authentication vulnerability has been reported to affect VioStor.37Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-23-0180 · Mar 29, 2023(QNAP Güvenlik Zafiyeti)
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds ReadCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log (0)
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.