# CVE-2025-54159: Missing authorization in BeeDrive for desktop

> Remote attackers can delete arbitrary files due to missing authorization checks in Synology BeeDrive for desktop.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 4 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-37xr-mgj2-w9fc

## What is CVE-2025-54159?

CVE-2025-54159 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Synology BeeDrive for desktop, published on 4 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing authorization vulnerability in BeeDrive in Synology BeeDrive for desktop before 1.4.2-13960 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54159?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Synology Beedrive.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-54159?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-54159 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-54159 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54159 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Synology BeeDrive for desktop

- [CVE-2023-52945](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52945/): Other in BeeDrive for desktop (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-54158](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54158/): Missing authorization in BeeDrive for desktop (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-54160](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54160/): Path traversal in BeeDrive for desktop (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-11399](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11399/): Denial of service in BeeDrive for desktop (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2025-8074](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8074/): Path traversal in BeeDrive for desktop (medium 5.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-54159 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-54159 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Synology BeeDrive for desktop, published on 4 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54159 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Synology BeeDrive for desktop. 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-2025-54159/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54159/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54159
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54159
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-54159

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54159/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.