CVE-2026-49246CWE-22

Jellyfin: Potential MKV attachment filename path traversal to RCE

Low · published June 24, 2026

CVSS v4.0
1.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
29.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Jellyfin is an open source self hosted media server. Prior to 10.11.10, a specifically crafted MKV file containing forged filename tags can be leveraged to exploit missing path sanitization during playback. Jellyfin treats the MKV file name tag on MKV attachments as trusted and passes it unsanitized into Path.Combine(attachmentFolder, fileName) inside PathManager.GetAttachmentPath. Because .NET's Path.Combine neither normalises .. nor rejects a rooted second argument, a crafted MKV can redirect Jellyfin's MKV attachment extraction to any absolute path on disk. This triggers on any playback action of the affected video on a client which will attempt to burn in the subtitles by default.g This vulnerability is fixed in 10.11.10.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
1.7 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
EPSS
0.00370 · 29.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2026-06-24T18:21Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 JUN 18:21Z
    Jellyfin: Potential MKV attachment filename path traversal to RCE
    cvelistv5