CVE-2026-96656KEV · OVERDUECWE-73

Plex Media Server External Control of File Name or Path Vulnerability

High · published September 23, 2026

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Confirmed exploited, and the score agrees

CVSS calls it high at 7.2. It is confirmed in active exploitation. It sits in the 56.6th percentile for exploit probability.

1
days past CISA
deadline
CVSS v3.1
7.2
EPSS
1%
Percentile
56.6
In the wild
Confirmed
What it is

Plex Media Server before 1.43.3.10861 allows an admin user to write arbitrary files that may be executed on load. The preference TranscoderH264Options is appended verbatim to x264's option string on every transcode. At startup, all .so files are run without signature, execute bit, or symbol checks.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
8.6 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00816 · 56.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-73 · External Control of File Name or Path
Published
2026-09-23T21:17Z
KEV added
2026-10-20 · due 2026-10-23
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
plex/media_server< 1.43.3.108611.43.3.10861
References (6)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 SEP 03:28Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 23 SEP 16:07Z
    Plex Media Server arbitrary file write
    cvelistv5