What is CVE-2018-8926?

CVE-2018-8926 is a high-severity vulnerability in Synology Photo Station, classified under CWE-625. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-8926?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Synology Photo Station

CVE-2018-8926

Permissive regular expression vulnerability in synophoto_dsm_user in Synology Photo Station before 6.8.5-3471 and before 6.3-2975 allows remote authenticated users to conduct privilege escalation attacks via the fullname parameter.

Published 2018-06-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (77.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Synology Photo Station — versions unspecified, unspecified
Synology Photo Station

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-625

References

www.synology.com/zh-tw/support/security/Synology_SA_18_15 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-8926?: CVE-2018-8926 is a high-severity vulnerability in Synology Photo Station, classified under CWE-625. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-8926?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.