Resource allocation without limits in QNAP File Station 5
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
An allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability has been reported to affect File Station 5. 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: File Station 5 5.5.6.4847 and later
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA File Station 5 (QNAP Systems Inc.) Fixed in 5.5.6.4847
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
QNAP Systems File Station 5 5.5.6.4847
10 records Highest priority Priority LOW 10 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-24025 Improper certificate validation in QNAP File Station 5Priority LOW 36
- TI-2025-21598 Improper certificate validation in QNAP File Station 5Priority LOW 36
- TI-2025-24029 Path traversal in QNAP File Station 5Priority LOW 32
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-22484
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-34rf-84wq-9pwq
References
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Sources
- CVE-2025-22484 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-22484 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-34rf-84wq-9pwq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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