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CVE-2026-26228

VideoLAN VLC for Android prior to version 3.7.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the Remote Access Server routing for the authenticated endpoint GET /download. The file query parameter is concatenated into a filesystem path under the configured download directory without canonicalization or directory containment checks, allowing an authenticated attacker with network reachability to the Remote Access Server to request files outside the intended directory. The impact is bounded by the A
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:45c46efe1e86245b3adaeb1b044ae3055a280f745bee1b3197ef276a86fe8e80
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
2

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 2 assertions

{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":2.3,"baseSeverity":"LOW","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"LOW","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc43da82a9b11baa64c62fcf01c8e5565bc9c04a1c50afe95123f99300224752 · sha256:48921625ec6727f8… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":4.9,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc43da82a9b11baa64c62fcf01c8e5565bc9c04a1c50afe95123f99300224752 · sha256:48921625ec6727f8… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1
cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-73","description":"CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc43da82a9b11baa64c62fcf01c8e5565bc9c04a1c50afe95123f99300224752 · sha256:48921625ec6727f8… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-22","description":"CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc43da82a9b11baa64c62fcf01c8e5565bc9c04a1c50afe95123f99300224752 · sha256:48921625ec6727f8… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"vlc-android","packageURL":"pkg:github/videolan/vlc-android","product":"VLC for Android","repo":"https://github.com/videolan/vlc-android","vendor":"VideoLAN","versions":[{"lessThan":"3.7.0","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc43da82a9b11baa64c62fcf01c8e5565bc9c04a1c50afe95123f99300224752 · sha256:48921625ec6727f8… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":2.3,"baseSeverity":"LOW","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"LOW","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc43da82a9b11baa64c62fcf01c8e5565bc9c04a1c50afe95123f99300224752 · sha256:48921625ec6727f8… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":4.9,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc43da82a9b11baa64c62fcf01c8e5565bc9c04a1c50afe95123f99300224752 · sha256:48921625ec6727f8… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

2 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-73","description":"CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc43da82a9b11baa64c62fcf01c8e5565bc9c04a1c50afe95123f99300224752 · sha256:48921625ec6727f8… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-22","description":"CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc43da82a9b11baa64c62fcf01c8e5565bc9c04a1c50afe95123f99300224752 · sha256:48921625ec6727f8… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/videolan/vlc-android/releases/tag/3.7.0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc43da82a9b11baa64c62fcf01c8e5565bc9c04a1c50afe95123f99300224752 · sha256:48921625ec6727f8… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"tags":["product"],"url":"https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc43da82a9b11baa64c62fcf01c8e5565bc9c04a1c50afe95123f99300224752 · sha256:48921625ec6727f8… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vlc-for-android-remote-access-path-traversal"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc43da82a9b11baa64c62fcf01c8e5565bc9c04a1c50afe95123f99300224752 · sha256:48921625ec6727f8… · /containers/cna/references/2

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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