# CVE-2025-44015: HybridDesk Station

> Attackers with local network access can execute arbitrary commands on QNAP HybridDesk Station devices.

- **Severity:** Low 2.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 29 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8r4m-h8m7-mf8v

## What is CVE-2025-44015?

CVE-2025-44015 is a low-severity command injection vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. HybridDesk Station, published on 29 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A command injection vulnerability has been reported to affect HybridDesk Station. If an attacker gains local network access, they can then exploit the vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands.

We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version:
HybridDesk Station 4.2.18 and later

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command), CWE-77 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-44015?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Qnap Hybriddesk Station.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-44015?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-44015 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-44015 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-44015 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-44015 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-44015 is a low-severity command injection vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. HybridDesk Station, published on 29 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-44015 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: QNAP Systems Inc. HybridDesk Station. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-44015/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-44015/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-44015
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-44015
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-44015

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-44015/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.