# CVE-2023-23369: QTS, Multimedia Console, and Media Streaming add-on

> Attackers can execute arbitrary commands via network access on QNAP QTS and related multimedia components, requiring immediate firmware upgrades.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 27 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5p75-fm4f-6c3v

## What is CVE-2023-23369?

CVE-2023-23369 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Qnap Qts, published on 3 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An OS command injection vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow users to execute commands via a network.

We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following versions:
Multimedia Console 2.1.2 ( 2023/05/04 ) and later
Multimedia Console 1.4.8 ( 2023/05/05 ) and later
QTS 5.1.0.2399 build 20230515 and later
QTS 4.3.6.2441 build 20230621 and later
QTS 4.3.4.2451 build 20230621 and later
QTS 4.3.3.2420 build 20230621 and later
QTS 4.2.6 build 20230621 and later
Media Streaming add-on 500.1.1.2 ( 2023/06/12 ) and later
Media Streaming add-on 500.0.0.11 ( 2023/06/16 ) and later

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command), CWE-77 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23369?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Qnap Media Streaming Add-On, Qnap Multimedia Console, Qnap Qts.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-23369?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23369 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-23369 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23369 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qnap Qts

- [CVE-2020-36195](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36195/): SQL Injection Vulnerability in Multimedia Console and the Media Streaming Add-On (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-7640](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7640/): Command injection in QNAP Media Streaming Add-On (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-47222](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47222/): Media Streaming add-on (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2017-7641](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7641/): Cross-site request forgery in QNAP Media Streaming Add-On (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-34362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34362/): Command Injection Vulnerability in Media Streaming Add-on (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-23369 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-23369 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Qnap Qts, published on 3 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23369 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qnap Qts. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23369/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23369/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23369
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23369
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23369

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23369/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.