CVE-2026-116612 (GCVE-0-2026-116612)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-26 16:48 – Updated: 2026-10-27 03:55
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Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-26 00:00 UTC
CWE
Assigner
fedora CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard C 69/100 over 39 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GStreamer project gst-editing-services Affected: 0 , < 1.28.8 (semver)
Unaffected: 1.28.8
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Credits
Sebastian Dröge (Centricular)
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