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QNAP Patches Seven Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Exploited at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025

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QNAP has addressed seven zero-day vulnerabilities in its QTS, QuTS hero operating systems, and various applications, which were demonstrated at the Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 competition. The flaws were exploited by multiple security research teams, including the Summoning Team, DEVCORE, Team DDOS, and a CyCraft technology intern. The vulnerabilities impacted QNAP's Hyper Data Protector, Malware Remover, and HBS 3 Hybrid Backup Sync software. Additionally, Synology has fixed a critical-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in BeeStation products, also demonstrated at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025. QNAP and Synology recommend updating software to the latest versions and changing all passwords for enhanced security.

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  1. 07.11.2025 20:24 2 articles · 5d ago

    QNAP Releases Patches for Seven Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Exploited at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025

    QNAP has fixed seven zero-day vulnerabilities in its QTS, QuTS hero operating systems, and various applications, which were demonstrated at the Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 competition. The vulnerabilities were exploited by multiple security research teams, and QNAP has released patches for all affected software versions. Users are advised to update their software to the latest versions and change all passwords. Additionally, Synology has addressed a critical-severity RCE vulnerability in BeeStation products, also demonstrated at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025.

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