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TI-2026-65528 Aliases CVE-2026-102875GHSA-g288-22w4-chf6

VLC media player before 3.0.24 Path Traversal via skins2

Priority LOW 38CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

VLC media player before 3.0.24 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the skins2 ThemeLoader that fails to validate member names in .vlt skin archives. Attackers can craft malicious skin files with path traversal sequences to write arbitrary files with VLC user privileges, enabling code execution through Lua script injection.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00167 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed vlc (videolan): 3.0.24

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
VideoLANvlcbefore 3.0.243.0.24Patch availableCNA
  • vlc VendorVideoLAN Affected before 3.0.24 Fixed in 3.0.24 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——VideoLAN
  • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·VideoLAN

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA vlc (videolan) Fixed in 3.0.24

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-102875
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g288-22w4-chf6

References

Patch 2

Other 2

  • TI-2010-03131 libdirectx_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2023-25623 Videolan VLC prior to version 3.0.20 contains an incorrect offset read that leads to a… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2008-04437 Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_master function in the Ty demux plugin… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2023-25624 Videolan VLC prior to version 3.0.20 contains an Integer underflow that leads to an incorrect packet length. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-19821 An integer overflow in the VNC module in VideoLAN VLC Media Player through 3.0.17.4… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2012-01563 Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.0.1 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
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Sources

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