🛡️ CVE-2025-69416 — media-server

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-69416 is classified as CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization. An authorisation check runs but reaches the wrong conclusion, permitting actions it should refuse.

Affected software

CVE-2025-69416 is recorded against 1 package.

• media-server (fixed in 1.43.0.10389)

Timeline and source

Published on 2 January 2026 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com

Other advisories for this package

media-server has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2025-69417 (5.0 Medium, published 2 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2025-69415 (7.1 High, published 2 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2025-69414 (8.5 High, published 2 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2025-49198 (3.1 Low, published 12 Jun 2025)
• CVE-2025-49186 (5.3 Medium, published 12 Jun 2025)
• CVE-2025-49197 (6.5 Medium, published 12 Jun 2025)
• CVE-2025-49183 (7.5 High, published 12 Jun 2025)
• CVE-2025-49195 (5.3 Medium, published 12 Jun 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization) in other software:

• CVE-2025-14562 (2.0 Low, published 17 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2025-30238 (published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2025-15674 (2.7 Low, published 6 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2025-10656 (9.8 Critical, published 29 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-9902 (6.3 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-49734 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-37300 (8.1 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-39905 (5.3 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)

Details

Affected Packages

References