Threats / QNAP / CVE-2019-7194
CVE-2019-7194
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Verified 2026-08-04
QNAP Photo Station vulnerability
QNAP Photo Station contains a path traversal vulnerability allowing remote attackers to access or modify arbitrary system files.
Verdict
Today item, not a backlog item.
A path traversal flaw in QNAP Photo Station enables unauthenticated remote file access and modification. The vulnerability has been exploited in active ransomware campaigns, presenting critical risk to affected NAS deployments.
CISA KEV Yes · 2022-06-084Ransomware use Flagged4EPSS 0.82966 (verify live)5CVSS 9.8 (CISA)3CISA SSVC Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Impact: total3Exploit Public PoC / detection · Metasploit module · nuclei template11
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
6 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-06-08), flagged for known ransomware use.
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.82966 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
CVSS 9.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) · Affected: QNAP, Photo Station. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.CVSS — CISA-assigned via the ADP container (CVE.org), version 3.1; the CNA left no metrics, so CISA's own score is used ahead of NVD.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-22 Path Traversal — weakness family: Path traversal / file.CWE assignment from the public NVD record (may be stale); the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
CISA SSVC (triage disposition)
Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalCISA's own stakeholder-specific triage inputs, published in the CVE record (CISA Coordinator role). NOTE: this is CISA's three decision points; the final Act/Attend/Track decision also requires a Mission & Well-being input not published here, so no overall decision is asserted.
Currency of the record
CISA added this to its KEV catalog 916 days after the CVE record was published.KEV lag = CISA-KEV dateAdded − CVE.org datePublished; a floor on how long the known-exploited flaw sat in the public record before the federal catalog listed it. Severity/weakness here is CNA- or CISA-assigned (current at disclosure), independent of NVD's analysis backlog.
Public exploit available
Public exploit tooling is catalogued for this CVE (a public proof-of-concept / detection template). Catalog entries: Metasploit module, nuclei template. We link the catalog page(s) only — no payload or code is hosted or restated here.Link, never host — the catalog page is the source; basicsecurity.net does not redistribute payloads.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious request with path traversal sequences to bypass file name or path restrictions in Photo Station.
Business
Attacker gains unauthorized read and write access to sensitive system files on the NAS device.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I modify or replace critical system files to establish persistence or escalate privileges on the compromised device.
Business
The NAS becomes fully compromised, enabling lateral movement into the organization's network infrastructure.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I deploy ransomware payloads across the NAS and connected storage to encrypt business data at scale.
Business
Operations halt as critical data becomes inaccessible; ransom demands and potential data theft create severe financial and reputational damage.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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