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GHSA-2G2V-9WF5-6M3G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-23 18:31 – Updated: 2026-09-23 18:31

Details

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.

Severity

7.2 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.6 (High)


                  
                    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

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CVE-2026-96656 (GCVE-0-2026-96656)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-23 16:07 – Updated: 2026-09-23 16:46

Title

Plex Media Server arbitrary file write

Summary

Severity

8.6 (High)


                        
                          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

7.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · cisa-cg (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-14 18:24 UTC

CWE

CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path

Assigner

cisa-cg CNA under the CISA root

CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 127 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/711	release-notes
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96656	vdb-entry
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/de…	third-party-advisory
https://zmain.info/blog/plex2shell	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Plex	Media Server	Affected: 0 , < 1.43.3.10861 (custom) Unaffected: 1.43.3.10861

Date Public

2026-08-03 00:00

Credits

Zach Main

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