CVE-2026-40538

State: Published
Severity: 3.7 Low
Published: Sep 18, 2026
Updated: Sep 18, 2026
Reserved: Apr 14, 2026

Description

An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability in Auto block in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 7.2.1-69057-10, 7.2.2-72806-7 and 7.3.2-86009-2 allows remote attackers to read limited files via brute-force attacks.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	3.7 Low	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	synology

Weaknesses

CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

Affected Products

Product	Versions
DiskStation Manager (DSM)Synology	7.3.2 to before 7.3.2-86009-2Affected 7.2.2 to before 7.2.2-72806-7Affected 7.2.1 to before 7.2.1-69057-10Affected before 7.2.1Unknown

References

Synology-SA-26:06 DSM

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