CVE-2026-102875CWE-22path-traversal

CVE-2026-102875

High · published September 30, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
8.5 · CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00167 · 5.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2026-09-30T00:17Z
References (5)
https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc · [email protected]https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/blob/3.0.23/modules/gui/skins2/src/theme_loader.cpp · [email protected]https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/commit/59934edbd03c6c1147d75d6c91e96633b710ec31 · [email protected]https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/commit/8d43e99c2c01d9aab3ecad00e7a102806262b06b · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vlc-media-player-before-3.0.24-path-traversal-via-skins2 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 OCT 03:44Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 29 SEP 20:01Z
    VLC media player before 3.0.24 Path Traversal via skins2
    cvelistv5