{"id":"CVE-2026-22896","title":"A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been reported to affect Network & Virtual Switch","summary":"A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been reported to affect Network & Virtual Switch. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to inject malicious code.\n\nWe have already fixe…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.2,"cvssVector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N","cwe":["CWE-79"],"vendor":"QNAP Systems Inc.","product":"Network & Virtual Switch","affected":["network_virtual_switch >= QTS 5.1.x < QTS 5.1.8.2823 build 20240712","network_virtual_switch >= QTS 5.2.x < QTS 5.2.1.2930 build 20241025","network_virtual_switch >= QuTS cloud c5.2.x < QuTS cloud c5.2.4.3041 build 20250211","network_virtual_switch >= QuTS hero h5.1.x < QuTS hero h5.1.8.2823 build 20240712","network_virtual_switch >= QuTS hero h5.2.x < QuTS hero h5.2.1.2929 build 20241025"],"published":"2026-10-15","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T08:16:37.230","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22896","references":[{"url":"https://www.qnap.com/en/release-notes/qts/5.1.8.2823/20240712","label":"security@qnapsecurity.com.tw"},{"url":"https://www.qnap.com/en/release-notes/qts/5.2.1.2930/20241025","label":"security@qnapsecurity.com.tw"},{"url":"https://www.qnap.com/en/release-notes/quts_hero/h5.1.8.2823/20240712","label":"security@qnapsecurity.com.tw"},{"url":"https://www.qnap.com/en/release-notes/quts_hero/h5.2.1.2929/20241025","label":"security@qnapsecurity.com.tw"},{"url":"https://www.qnap.com/en/release-notes/qutscloud/c5.2.4.3041/20250211","label":"security@qnapsecurity.com.tw"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"cvssSource":"cna","ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T07:57:27.847Z","slug":"CVE-2026-22896","body":"## Overview\n\nA cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been reported to affect Network & Virtual Switch. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to inject malicious code.\n\nWe have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version:\nNetwork & Virtual Switch in QTS 5.1.8.2823 build 20240712 and later\nNetwork & Virtual Switch in QTS 5.2.1.2930 build 20241025 and later\nNetwork & Virtual Switch in QuTS cloud c5.2.4.3041 build 20250211 and later\nNetwork & Virtual Switch in QuTS hero h5.1.8.2823 build 20240712 and later\nNetwork & Virtual Switch in QuTS hero h5.2.1.2929 build 20241025 and later\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":34,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":34.1,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":222096,"id":"CVE-2026-22896","ts":1792054750681,"field":"cvss","old":"2.2","new":"6.2"},{"seq":222095,"id":"CVE-2026-22896","ts":1792054750681,"field":"severity","old":"low","new":"medium"}]}