Author: Marius Creutznacher
| Risk Category: Critical | Document ID: QSYS-October-19-9010 |
| Document Version: 1.0 | |
| Document Status: Final |
Description:
All impacted Q-SYS products are vulnerable to a privilege escalation issue. The vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker with the ability to reach an affected device to gain elevated privileges via a system-level SUID wrapper. This can lead to root-level compromise and potentially impact the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the device.
| CVE ID: | CVSS Vectors: | Score: |
| CVE still pending | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/ SI:N/SA:N |
9.3 Critical |
Impacted Product Name:
Affected Product (Categories):
- Core Processors
- Core Processors in Peripheral Mode I/O Mode
- NC Series
- NV Series
- RMP-100
- QIO-VEN4
- TSC-Series (incl. PS-TSCG3)
- I/O-USB-Bridge
- CX-Q
- CXD-Q
- DPA-Q
- MPA-Q
- SPA-Q
- DCIO/-H
- QIO-ML24i
- QIO-24f
- QIO-L24o
Non-Affected Product (Categories):
- QIO-ML4i
- QIO-ML2x2
- QIO-L4O
- QIO-AES-8x8
- QIO-TEL2
- QIO-FLEX4A
- QIO-GP8x8
- QIO-S4
- QIO-IR1x4
- NM-T1
- NL-Series
Impacted Versions
All
Impacts on Installed System
Systems may become unstable, disclose sensitive information, or allow unauthorized modification of the impacted device's configuration.
How to Diagnose Installed System
Check Core Manager, Peripheral Manager, Designer Configurator or RoomSuite if your system is configured with Access Control or Password Protection. If your system is running in unprotected mode, it is vulnerable to this advisory.
Note: If Access Control or Password Protection is Enabled, authentication is required to exploit the vulnerability.
Mitigation
Enable Access Control and Password Protection on all devices.
Refer to the Q-SYS Secure Deployment Guide available at the following location for more information on securing a Q-SYS installation: Secure Deployment Guide
Updated Version
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Issue Fixed Date
29 September 2026
Attribution
The issues were identified by Andrew Furlani, a security researcher who focuses on AV systems and solutions.
Acuity knows of no exploitation of these vulnerabilities.
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