CVE-2026-116612

A flaw was found in GStreamer Editing Services (gst-editing-services). A GES project file can embed an arbitrary GStreamer pipeline description as an effect definition. When such a file is loaded, either explicitly by an editing application or automatically by a media player or file-manager thumbnailing service that uses GStreamer autoplugging, the pipeline description is parsed and instantiated without restriction on which elements may be used or which properties may be set. A remote attacker who can deliver a crafted project file to a victim's system can trigger reading or writing of arbitrary local files, issue outbound network requests to attacker-controlled servers, or cause the application to crash. Under certain conditions the file-write capability may be leveraged to achieve code execution.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/12647
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2026-0090.html

Configurations

No configuration.

History

26 Oct 2026, 17:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-26 17:17

Updated : 2026-10-27 04:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-116612

Mitre link : CVE-2026-116612

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-116612

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-913

Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources

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