# CVE-2025-57714: NetBak Replicator

> Local attackers can execute unauthorized code via unquoted search paths in NetBak Replicator, requiring an upgrade to secure the system.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5vw3-9mwr-56v3

## What is CVE-2025-57714?

CVE-2025-57714 is a high-severity vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. NetBak Replicator, published on 3 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An unquoted search path or element vulnerability has been reported to affect NetBak Replicator. If a local attacker gains a user account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to execute unauthorized code or commands.

We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version:
NetBak Replicator 4.5.15.0807 and later

Weakness: CWE-428 (Unquoted Search Path or Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-57714?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Qnap Netbak Replicator.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-57714?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-57714 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-57714 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-57714 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in QNAP Systems Inc. NetBak Replicator

- [CVE-2019-7201](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7201/): Privilege escalation in QNAP NetBak Replicator (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-57714 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-57714 is a high-severity vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. NetBak Replicator, published on 3 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-57714 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: QNAP Systems Inc. NetBak Replicator. 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-2025-57714/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57714/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-57714
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57714
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-57714

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57714/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.