// REFERENCE · PORT 1900 · UDP

Port 1900: SSDP / UPnP

Port 1900 is SSDP, the discovery part of UPnP that devices use to announce themselves and find each other.

AT A GLANCE
PORT
1900 / UDP
SERVICE
SSDP / UPnP
ALSO CALLED
ssdp, upnp discovery
IF EXPOSED
HIGH RISK IF EXPOSED

What runs on port 1900

UPnP devices send and answer SSDP messages to a multicast address on UDP 1900 to say what they are and where their control page lives. It is how a TV finds a media server and how a game console finds the router to ask for port forwards. Windows, Xbox, PlayStation, smart TVs and many routers use it.

On a home network

Your router, smart TVs, game consoles, media servers, Sonos speakers, Windows PCs and many smart-home gadgets all use SSDP on 1900 inside your network. That is normal.

If port 1900 is reachable from the internet

SSDP should never answer from the internet. Devices that do are used as reflectors in SSDP amplification DDoS attacks, where a small spoofed request produces a much larger response aimed at a victim, and they also leak device details. Some cheap routers have been found answering SSDP on their WAN side.

How to check whether it is open on your network

An outside scan of UDP 1900 on your public address should get no reply. Also check your router's UPnP setting; if you do not need it for gaming or media, turning it off stops devices opening ports on their own.

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