Improper privilege management in Synology Download Station
Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
Improper privilege management vulnerability in cgi component in Synology Download Station before 3.8.16-3566 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01369 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Download Station (Synology): 3.8.16-3566
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Download Station (Synology) Fixed in 3.8.16-3566
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Synology Download Station 3.8.16-3566
3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2021-13803 Command injection in Synology Download StationPriority MEDIUM 46
- TI-2021-13805 Server-side request forgery in Synology Download StationPriority LOW 24
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-34810
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-473c-wh3w-ppx8
References
More Synology Download Station vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-13803 Command injection in Synology Download Station CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2017-08213 Incorrect default permissions in Synology Download Station CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-12735 Server-side request forgery in Synology Download Station CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
- TI-2017-08206 Server-side request forgery in Synology Download Station CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2021-13805 Server-side request forgery in Synology Download Station CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2015-05767 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the "Create download task via URL" feature in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2021-34810 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-34810 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-473c-wh3w-ppx8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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