# CVE-2025-52871: License Center

> A remote attacker with a user account can exploit an out-of-bounds read in QNAP License Center to obtain secret data.

- **Severity:** Low 1.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U`)
- **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:** 2 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 2 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-98j3-hjh2-q3pv

## What is CVE-2025-52871?

CVE-2025-52871 is a low-severity vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. License Center, published on 2 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability has been reported to affect License Center. If a remote attacker gains a user account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to obtain secret data.

We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version:
License Center 2.0.36 and later

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-52871?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Qnap License Center.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-52871?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-52871 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-52871 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52871 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in QNAP Systems Inc. License Center

- [CVE-2024-48863](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48863/): License Center (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2025-22483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22483/): License Center (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2025-62851](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62851/): License Center (medium 4.6)
- [CVE-2024-50406](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50406/): License Center (low 2.0)
- [CVE-2025-53597](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53597/): License Center (low 1.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-52871 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-52871 is a low-severity vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. License Center, published on 2 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52871 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: QNAP Systems Inc. License Center. 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-2025-52871/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52871/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-52871
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52871
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-52871

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52871/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.