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CVE-2025-44007VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-44007: QNAP Systems Qsync Central · Unthrottled Resource Allocation

Affects QNAP Systems Qsync CentralSource CVE Database V5

0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.1 High : upgrade to 5.0.0 soon.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
7.1High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 30% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 5.0.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 3 Oct 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Upgrade QNAP Systems Qsync Central to 5.0.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
QNAP Systems Inc. Qsync CentralAffected
  • >=4.0.0 <5.0.0
Fixed in
  • 5.0.0

AI-suggested

European organizations should prioritize upgrading Qsync Central to version 5.0.0.1 or later, where the vulnerability has been fixed. Until the upgrade is applied, organizations should implement strict access controls to limit user account creation and monitor user activity for unusual resource consumption patterns indicative of exploitation attempts. Network segmentation and firewall rules can be employed to restrict access to Qsync Central services to trusted hosts and networks only. Implementing resource usage monitoring and alerting on QNAP devices can help detect abnormal resource allocation early. Additionally, enforcing strong authentication mechanisms, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA), reduces the risk of compromised user accounts being used for exploitation. Regularly auditing user accounts and removing unnecessary or inactive accounts will also reduce the attack surface. Finally, organizations should maintain up-to-date backups and incident response plans to quickly recover from potential service disruptions caused by exploitation attempts.

Description

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability has been reported to affect Qsync Central. If a remote attacker gains a user account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to prevent other systems, applications, or processes from accessing the same type of resource. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version: Qsync Central 5.0.0.1 ( 2025/07/09 ) and later

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