CVE-2026-35031CWE-187CWE-20CWE-22

Jellyfin: Potential RCE via subtitle upload path traversal + .strm chain

Critical · published April 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
10.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
59.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Jellyfin is an open source self hosted media server. Versions prior to 10.11.7 contain a vulnerability chain in the subtitle upload endpoint (POST /Videos/{itemId}/Subtitles), where the Format field is not validated, allowing path traversal via the file extension and enabling arbitrary file write. This arbitrary file write can be chained into arbitrary file read via .strm files, database extraction, admin privilege escalation, and ultimately remote code execution as root via ld.so.preload. Exploitation requires an administrator account or a user that has been explicitly granted the "Upload Subtitles" permission. This issue has been fixed in version 10.11.7. If users are unable to upgrade immediately, they can grant non-administrator users Subtitle upload permissions to reduce attack surface.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
10.0 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00919 · 59.9th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-187 · Partial String Comparison; CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation; CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2026-04-14T22:18Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 APR 22:18Z
    Jellyfin: Potential RCE via subtitle upload path traversal + .strm chain
    cvelistv5