Server-side request forgery in Plex Media Server
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Plex Media Server before 1.43.3.10861 contains a server-side request forgery flaw (CWE-918) in the '/video/:/transcode/universal' path parameter. An authenticated user can make the server request arbitrary internal or external addresses. CISA added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-10-20.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
Plex Media Server before 1.43.3.10861 allows an authenticated user to request arbitrary internal or external addresses via the '/video/:/transcode/universal' path parameter.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Active
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Update Plex Media Server to version 1.43.3.10861, which contains the fix. CISA requires U.S. federal agencies to fix this vulnerability by 2026-11-03.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Media Server (Plex) Fixed in 1.43.3.10861
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Plex Media Server 1.43.3.10861
5 records Highest priority Priority CRITICAL 2 CRITICAL, 2 HIGH, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-63829 Arbitrary file write in Plex Media Server enables code executionPriority CRITICAL 96
- TI-2026-63827 Plex Media Server URL injection lets attackers call other pluginsPriority CRITICAL 88
- TI-2026-63826 Server-side request forgery in Plex Media ServerPriority HIGH 81
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-96655
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9x88-w2p7-56vh
- 2026-10-20 Added to CISA KEV
- 2026-10-21 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-21 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-11-05 EPSS moved to the 95th–99th percentile
More Plex Media Server vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-63829 Arbitrary file write in Plex Media Server enables code execution KEVCVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2020-04669 Deserialization of untrusted data in Plex Media Server KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-63827 Plex Media Server URL injection lets attackers call other plugins KEVCVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-63826 Server-side request forgery in Plex Media Server KEVCVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2025-42857 Incorrect authorization in Plex Media Server CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
- TI-2021-13235 Plex media server 1.21 and before is vulnerable to ddos reflection attack via plex service. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-96655 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-96655 · NVD
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9x88-w2p7-56vh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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