What is CVE-2022-49036?

CVE-2022-49036 is a high-severity vulnerability in Synology Active Backup For Business Recovery Media Creator, classified under Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-06-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-49036?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Synology Active Backup For Business Recovery Media Creator

CVE-2022-49036

An inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere vulnerability in OpenSSL configuration in Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Media Creator before 2.5.0-2081 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Published 2026-06-03 · last modified 2026-07-22.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (1.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 1.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-829 — Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

References

www.synology.com/en-global/releaseNote/ActiveBackupRecoveryMediaCreator (vendor-advisory, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49036?: CVE-2022-49036 is a high-severity vulnerability in Synology Active Backup For Business Recovery Media Creator, classified under Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-06-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-49036?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.