CVE-2022-26505
A DNS rebinding issue in ReadyMedia (formerly MiniDLNA) before 1.3.1 allows a remote web server...
A DNS rebinding issue in ReadyMedia (formerly MiniDLNA) before 1.3.1 allows a remote web server to exfiltrate media files.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.4
A DNS rebinding issue in ReadyMedia (formerly MiniDLNA) before 1.3.1 allows a remote web server to exfiltrate media files.
- Record
CVE-2022-26505- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-290
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A DNS rebinding issue in ReadyMedia (formerly MiniDLNA) before 1.3.1 allows a remote web server to exfiltrate media files.
- Record
CVE-2022-26505- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-31063 No score
A DNS rebinding issue in ReadyMedia (formerly MiniDLNA) before 1.3.1 allows a remote web server to exfiltrate media files.
- Record
EUVD-2022-31063- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xw94-4rmp-7qw5
7.4
A DNS rebinding issue in ReadyMedia (formerly MiniDLNA) before 1.3.1 allows a remote web server...
A DNS rebinding issue in ReadyMedia (formerly MiniDLNA) before 1.3.1 allows a remote web server to exfiltrate media files.
- Record
GHSA-xw94-4rmp-7qw5- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-290
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2022-26505
7.4
A DNS rebinding issue in ReadyMedia (formerly MiniDLNA) before 1.3.1 allows a remote web server to exfiltrate media files.
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ALPINE-CVE-2022-26505- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSV
7.4
A DNS rebinding issue in ReadyMedia (formerly MiniDLNA) before 1.3.1 allows a remote web server to exfiltrate media files.
- Record
CVE-2022-26505- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2022-26505
7.4
A DNS rebinding issue in ReadyMedia (formerly MiniDLNA) before 1.3.1 allows a remote web server to exfiltrate media files.
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DEBIAN-CVE-2022-26505- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-26505
7.4
A DNS rebinding issue in ReadyMedia (formerly MiniDLNA) before 1.3.1 allows a remote web server to exfiltrate media files.
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UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26505- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2022-0391 No score
Updated minidlna packages fix security vulnerability
A DNS rebinding issue in ReadyMedia (formerly MiniDLNA) before 1.3.1 allows a remote web server to exfiltrate media files. (CVE-2022-26505)
- Record
MGASA-2022-0391- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2022:0079-1 No score
Security update for minidlna
This update for minidlna fixes the following issues:
minidlna was updated to version 1.3.1 (boo#1196814)
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Fixed a potential crash in SSDP request parsing.
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Fixed a configure script failure on some platforms.
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Protect against DNS rebinding attacks. (CVE-2022-26505)
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Fix an socket leakage issue on some platforms.
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Minor bug fixes.
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add 'su minidlna minidlna' to the logrotate config
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Added hardening to systemd service(s) (boo#1181400).
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Use sysusers macros to create minidlna user
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Don't hardrequire logrotate, we don't write log files anymore
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2022:0079-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11897-1 No score
minidlna-1.3.1-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the minidlna-1.3.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11897-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-6398-1 No score
minidlna vulnerabilities
It was discovered that ReadyMedia was vulnerable to DNS rebinding attacks. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to trick the local DLNA server to leak information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-26505)
It was discovered that ReadyMedia incorrectly handled certain HTTP requests using chunked transport encoding. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause buffer overflows, resulting in out-of-bounds reads and writes. (CVE-2023-33476)
- Record
USN-6398-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
minidlnaAlpine:v3.17 |
before 1.3.2-r0 | 1.3.2-r0 |
minidlnaAlpine:v3.18 |
before 1.3.2-r0 | 1.3.2-r0 |
minidlnaAlpine:v3.19 |
before 1.3.2-r0 | 1.3.2-r0 |
minidlnaAlpine:v3.20 |
before 1.3.2-r0 | 1.3.2-r0 |
minidlnaAlpine:v3.21 |
before 1.3.2-r0 | 1.3.2-r0 |
minidlnaAlpine:v3.22 |
before 1.3.2-r0 | 1.3.2-r0 |
minidlnaAlpine:v3.23 |
before 1.3.2-r0 | 1.3.2-r0 |
minidlnaAlpine:v3.24 |
before 1.3.2-r0 | 1.3.2-r0 |
minidlnaDebian:12 |
before 1.3.0+dfsg-2.2 | 1.3.0+dfsg-2.2 |
minidlnaDebian:13 |
before 1.3.0+dfsg-2.2 | 1.3.0+dfsg-2.2 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
minidlnaDebian:14 |
before 1.3.0+dfsg-2.2 | 1.3.0+dfsg-2.2 |
minidlnaDebian:9 |
before 1.1.6+dfsg-1+deb9u2, plus listed versions 1.1.6+dfsg-11.1.6+dfsg-1+deb9u1 |
1.1.6+dfsg-1+deb9u2 |
minidlnaMageia:8 |
before 1.3.2-1.mga8 | 1.3.2-1.mga8 |
minidlnaUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
before 1.1.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1+esm1, plus listed versions 1.1.4+dfsg-4build11.1.5+dfsg-11.1.5+dfsg-21.1.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1 |
1.1.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1+esm1 |
minidlnaUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS |
before 1.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1, plus listed versions 1.2.0+dfsg-21.2.1+dfsg-11.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
1.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1 |
minidlnaUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
before 1.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.20.04.2, plus listed versions 1.2.1+dfsg-1build11.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
1.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.20.04.2 |
minidlnaUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
before 1.3.0+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 1.3.0+dfsg-21.3.0+dfsg-2.1 |
1.3.0+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.1 |
minidlnaUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 1.1.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1+esm1, plus listed versions 1.1.4+dfsg-4build11.1.5+dfsg-11.1.5+dfsg-21.1.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1 |
1.1.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1+esm1 |
minidlnaUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 1.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1, plus listed versions 1.2.0+dfsg-21.2.1+dfsg-11.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
1.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1 |
minidlnaUbuntu:20.04:LTS From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 1.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.20.04.2, plus listed versions 1.2.1+dfsg-1build11.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
1.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.20.04.2 |
minidlnaUbuntu:22.04:LTS From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 1.3.0+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 1.3.0+dfsg-21.3.0+dfsg-2.1 |
1.3.0+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.1 |
minidlnaSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3 |
before 1.3.1-bp153.2.3.1 | 1.3.1-bp153.2.3.1 |
minidlnaopenSUSE:Leap 15.3 |
before 1.3.1-bp153.2.3.1 | 1.3.1-bp153.2.3.1 |
minidlnaopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 1.3.1-1.1 | 1.3.1-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | OSV | |
| affected, aliases, references | OSV | |
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-26505 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) in Readymedia Project Readymedia, published March 6, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.60%, the 75th percentile. Fixed in minidlna 1.3.2-r0.
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/03/1
sourceforge.net/p/minidlna/git/ci/c21208508dbc131712281ec5340687e5ae89e940
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/06/1
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00005.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-12
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26505
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github.com/advisories/GHSA-xw94-4rmp-7qw5
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-26505
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-26505
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0391.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30115
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/VXEFRXJEYR7QPAMYNWTJIYKTVX5OEQ7O
debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-2973
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-26505
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6398-1
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26505
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-33476
bugzilla.suse.com/1181400
bugzilla.suse.com/1196814
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-26505