Synology vulnerabilities2 known to be exploited.

Vendor2 known exploited
The short answer

Synology has 293 published vulnerabilities across 92 products in our catalogue. 2 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, so criminals are using them now. The most affected product is Diskstation Manager, with 110. If you run Synology software, patch the exploited flaws first.

See the exploited flaws

The most recent Synology flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2021-3156, on 6 April 2022. We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Products

Which Synology products have the most vulnerabilities?

Diskstation Manager leads with 110 published vulnerabilities. Open a product to see its versions and which of its flaws criminals are already using.

Known exploited

Which Synology vulnerabilities are being exploited?

2 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.

  1. 7.8
    CVE-2021-3156HighKnown exploited
    Sudo Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

    Sudo contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow, which allows for privilege escalation.

    Chance of use>99%Known exploited since6 Apr 2022
  2. 5.5
    CVE-2020-1472MediumKnown exploited
    Microsoft Netlogon Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    Microsoft's Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability when an attacker establishes a vulnerable Netlogon secure channel connection to a domain controller.

    Chance of use>99%Known exploited since3 Nov 2021
Exploit likelihood

Which Synology flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. >99%
    CVE-2020-1472MediumKnown exploited

    An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when an attacker establishes a vulnerable Netlogon secure channel connection to a domain controller, using the Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC).

    CVSS5.5Published17 Aug 2020
  2. >99%
    CVE-2021-3156HighKnown exploited

    Sudo before 1.9.5p2 contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow, which allows privilege escalation to root via "sudoedit -s" and a command-line argument that ends with a single...

    CVSS7.8Published26 Jan 2021
  3. 94%

    Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.

    CVSS5.6Published4 Jan 2018
  4. 88%

    Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a settings flood, potentially leading to a denial of service.

    CVSS7.5Published13 Aug 2019
  5. 87%

    Netatalk before 3.1.12 is vulnerable to an out of bounds write in dsi_opensess.c.

    CVSS9.8Published20 Dec 2018
  6. 85%

    Heap-based buffer overflow in dnsmasq before 2.78 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response.

    CVSS9.8Published4 Oct 2017
  7. 85%

    webman/imageSelector.cgi in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) 4.0 before 4.0-2259, 4.2 before 4.2-3243, and 4.3 before 4.3-3810 Update 1 allows remote attackers to append data to arbitrary files, and consequently...

    CVSS10.0Published9 Jan 2014
  8. 83%

    Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a reset flood, potentially leading to a denial of service.

    CVSS7.5Published13 Aug 2019
  9. 82%

    Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to resource loops, potentially leading to a denial of service.

    CVSS7.5Published13 Aug 2019
  10. 75%

    An information exposure vulnerability in forget_passwd.cgi in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 6.1.3-15152 allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via unspecified vectors.

    CVSS5.3Published24 Jul 2017
Every product

All Synology products we track.

62 products, most vulnerabilities first. Find the ones you run, then open a product to see its versions and exploited flaws.

This directory lists the 62 Synology products with at least one tracked version, of 92 in our catalogue.

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Our catalogue lists 293 published vulnerabilities across 92 products and 1,494 versions from Synology. The most recent Synology flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2021-3156, on 6 April 2022.

2 Synology vulnerabilities are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2021-3156 and CVE-2020-1472. The full list is on this page.

Diskstation Manager, with 110 published vulnerabilities. Its own page lists the ones known to be exploited.

Create a EdgeProtect account and track the Synology products you run. We match them against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and tell you as soon as we spot one that affects you, by email, in the app or by webhook.