# CVE-2026-22901: QuNetSwitch

> Remote attackers with user accounts can execute arbitrary commands on QNAP QuNetSwitch devices, requiring an upgrade to secure the system.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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:** 20 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 25 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2987-rjmh-cpp7

## What is CVE-2026-22901?

CVE-2026-22901 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. QuNetSwitch, published on 20 Mar 2026. 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 QuNetSwitch. If a remote attacker gains a user account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands.

We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version:
QuNetSwitch 2.0.5.0906 and later

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-22901?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Qnap Qunetswitch.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-22901?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-22901 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-22901 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-22901 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in QNAP Systems Inc. QuNetSwitch

- [CVE-2026-22897](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22897/): QuNetSwitch (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2026-22900](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22900/): QuNetSwitch (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2026-22902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22902/): QuNetSwitch (medium 5.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-22901 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-22901 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. QuNetSwitch, published on 20 Mar 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-2026-22901 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: QNAP Systems Inc. QuNetSwitch. 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-2026-22901/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22901/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-22901
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22901
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-22901

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22901/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.