QNAP warns of new bug prompting worries of potential Deadbolt ransomware exploitation

Data-storage hardware vendor QNAP is warning customers to update their devices after the discovery of a vulnerability that exposes thousands to attacks. 

The company published an advisory this week about the bug — CVE-2022-27596 — which affects QNAP devices running proprietary QTS 5.0.1 and QuTS hero h5.0.1 software. The company has given the bug a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10.  

“The vulnerability is not actively exploited now,” a spokesperson for QNAP told The Record.

Still, there is one …

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