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 5.5.6.5018 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 5.5.6.5018
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 5.5.6.5018
9 records Highest priority Priority LOW 9 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-29778 NULL pointer dereference in QNAP File Station 5Priority LOW 24
- TI-2025-33359 Resource allocation without limits in QNAP File Station 5Priority LOW 23
- TI-2025-33356 Resource allocation without limits in QNAP File Station 5Priority LOW 23
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-53409
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3vg5-p6w2-984m
References
More QNAP File Station vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-24025 Improper certificate validation in QNAP File Station 5 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
- TI-2025-21598 Improper certificate validation in QNAP File Station 5 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
- TI-2025-21273 Improper certificate validation in QNAP File Station 5 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
- TI-2025-21272 Improper certificate validation in QNAP File Station 5 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
- TI-2025-21271 Improper certificate validation in QNAP File Station 5 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
- TI-2026-19932 Incorrect authorization in QNAP File Station 5 CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.2
Sources
- CVE-2025-53409 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-53409 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3vg5-p6w2-984m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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