CVE-2025-66281 (GCVE-0-2025-66281)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-10 03:06 – Updated: 2026-06-10 15:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
QTS, QuTS hero
Summary
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. The remote attackers can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack.
We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following versions:
QTS 5.2.9.3410 build 20260214 and later
QuTS hero h5.2.9.3410 build 20260214 and later
QuTS hero h5.3.4.3500 build 20260520 and later
QuTS hero h6.0.0.3397 build 20260206 and later
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| QNAP Systems Inc. | QTS |
Affected:
5.2.0 , < 5.2.9.3410 build 20260214
(custom)
|
|
| QNAP Systems Inc. | QuTS hero |
Affected:
h5.2.0 , < h5.2.9.3410 build 20260214
(custom)
Affected: h5.3.0 , < h5.3.4.3500 build 20260520 (custom) Affected: ? , < h6.0.0.3397 build 20260206 (custom) |
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