# CVE-2025-62851: License Center

> A local administrator can exploit a path traversal flaw in QNAP License Center to read arbitrary files or system data.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 17 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6vjj-xxg4-5gjg

## What is CVE-2025-62851?

CVE-2025-62851 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. License Center, published on 10 Jun 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A path traversal vulnerability has been reported to affect License Center. If a local attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to read the contents of unexpected files or system data.

We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version:
License Center 1.9.56 and later

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-62851?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Qnap License Center.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-62851?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-62851 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-62851 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-62851 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-2024-50406](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50406/): License Center (low 2.0)
- [CVE-2025-52871](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52871/): License Center (low 1.3)
- [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-2025-62851 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-62851 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. License Center, published on 10 Jun 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-62851 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-2025-62851/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62851/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62851
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62851
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-62851

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62851/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.