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CVE-2026-40535
An improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') vulnerability in Desktop API in Synology DiskStation…
Medium6.5EPSS 0.50%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- synology
Description
An improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') vulnerability in Desktop API in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 7.2.1-69057-10, 7.2.2-72806-7 and 7.3.2-86009-2 allows remote attackers to write limited files and conduct limited denial-of-service attacks.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| synologyCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Synology · DiskStation Manager (DSM)
- affected 7.3 – < 7.3.2-86009-2
- affected 7.2.2 – < 7.2.2-72806-7
- affected 7.2.1 – < 7.2.1-69057-10
- unknown < 7.2.1
References (1)
- Synology-SA-26:06 DSM (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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