Plex themselves literally recommend it and show a warning icon if it’s not accessible outside your local network. I always thought it was insane. To make matters worse their Synology package doesn’t auto update itself. I would guess there are a ton of vulnerable boxes sitting out there.
If you’re exposing anything on Synology to the Internet, you’re already playing with fire. Their packages (like Container Manager) are usually very far behind on security patches.
I think the current version of Docker engine Synology uses was end-of-life 2.5 years ago.
I do. I like to stream music from my server onto my phone when I'm out and about. And it's authenticated, so there's nothing terrifying about exposing it (security vulnerabilities aside, but that can happen to any software you expose).
This is terrifying. Who runs things like this open to the outside?
I think the current version of Docker engine Synology uses was end-of-life 2.5 years ago.
Affects an older version of Plex and was patched in August.