Vulnerability · Published Sep 29, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-102875VLC media player before 3.0.24 Path Traversal via skins2
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity path traversal in vlc from videolan. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
VLC media player before 3.0.24 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the skins2 ThemeLoader that fails to validate member names in .vlt skin archives. Attackers can craft malicious skin files with path traversal sequences to write arbitrary files with VLC user privileges, enabling code execution through Lua script injection.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | vlc | 3.0.24-0+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-102875 |
| Debian:13 | vlc | 3.0.24-0+deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-102875 |
| Debian:14 | vlc | 3.0.24-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-102875 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | vlc | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102875 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | vlc | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102875 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/commit/59934edbd03c6c1147d75d6c91e96633b710ec31 patch
- https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/commit/8d43e99c2c01d9aab3ecad00e7a102806262b06b patch
- https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/blob/3.0.23/modules/gui/skins2/src/theme_loader.cpp technical-description
- https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc product
- VulnCheck Advisory: VLC media player before 3.0.24 Path Traversal via skins2 third-party-advisory