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title: "CVE-2026-50612: QuMagie - Privilege Escalation"
description: "QuMagie < 2.9.2 contains a symbolic link following vulnerability caused by improper handling of symlinks, letting remote attackers with user accounts compromise system security, exploit requires attacker to have a user account."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-50612/
---

# CVE-2026-50612 QuMagie - Privilege Escalation

QuMagie < 2.9.2 contains a symbolic link following vulnerability caused by improper handling of symlinks, letting remote attackers with user accounts compromise system security, exploit requires attacker to have a user account.

CVSS base score 9.4 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50612)

## Details

Type

Privilege Escalation

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Published

15 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-61](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/61.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 2.9.2 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50612](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50612)
- [https://www.qnap.com/en/app\_releasenotes/list.php?app\_choose=qumagie](https://www.qnap.com/en/app_releasenotes/list.php?app_choose=qumagie)

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