What is CVE-2023-23369?

CVE-2023-23369 is a critical-severity vulnerability in QNAP Media Streaming Add-On, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2023-11-03.

How severe is CVE-2023-23369?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-23369 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in QNAP Media Streaming Add-On

CVE-2023-23369

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

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2023-11-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.145 (96.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.145 · newest: 0.145 · change: 0.000

Affected products

QNAP Media Streaming Add-On — versions 500.1.1.0, 500.1.1.1, 500.0.0.0
QNAP Multimedia Console — versions 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 1.4.3
QNAP Qts — versions 5.1.0.2348, 4.3.6.0895, 4.3.6.0907
QNAP Systems Inc. Media Streaming Add-On — versions 500.1.x, 500.0.x
QNAP Systems Inc. Multimedia Console — versions 2.1.x, 1.4.x
QNAP Systems Inc. Qts — versions 5.1.x, 4.3.6, 4.3.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

yikesoftware/yikesoftware

References

www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-23-35 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-23369?: CVE-2023-23369 is a critical-severity vulnerability in QNAP Media Streaming Add-On, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2023-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2023-23369?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-23369 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.