{"id":"CVE-2026-102875","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"VLC media player before 3.0.24 Path Traversal via skins2","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.","publishedAt":"2026-09-29T20:01:05.435Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T13:50:29.006Z","severity":{"score":8.5,"label":"High","version":"4.0","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","source":"VulnCheck"},"assigner":"VulnCheck","products":["videolan vlc"],"affected":[{"vendor":"videolan","product":"vlc","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThan":"3.0.24","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"3.0.24","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":["https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/commit/59934edbd03c6c1147d75d6c91e96633b710ec31","https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/commit/8d43e99c2c01d9aab3ecad00e7a102806262b06b","https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/blob/3.0.23/modules/gui/skins2/src/theme_loader.cpp","https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc","https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vlc-media-player-before-3.0.24-path-traversal-via-skins2"],"weaknesses":["CWE-22"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:10:13.529Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/102xxx/CVE-2026-102875.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-102875","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-09-29T20:01:05.435Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-30T13:50:29.006Z","assignerShortName":"VulnCheck","assignerOrgId":"83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10","dateReserved":"2026-09-29T17:33:11.161Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"VLC media player before 3.0.24 Path Traversal via skins2","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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":[{"vendor":"videolan","product":"vlc","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThan":"3.0.24","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"3.0.24","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/commit/59934edbd03c6c1147d75d6c91e96633b710ec31","tags":["patch"]},{"url":"https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/commit/8d43e99c2c01d9aab3ecad00e7a102806262b06b","tags":["patch"]},{"url":"https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/blob/3.0.23/modules/gui/skins2/src/theme_loader.cpp","tags":["technical-description"]},{"url":"https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc","tags":["product"]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vlc-media-player-before-3.0.24-path-traversal-via-skins2","name":"VulnCheck Advisory: VLC media player before 3.0.24 Path Traversal via skins2","tags":["third-party-advisory"]}],"metrics":[{"format":"CVSS","cvssV4_0":{"version":"4.0","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"PASSIVE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":8.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"}},{"format":"CVSS","cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-22","lang":"en","description":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"VulnCheck","orgId":"83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10","dateUpdated":"2026-09-29T20:01:05.435Z"},"datePublic":"2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"3.0.24"}]}]}],"credits":[{"lang":"en","value":"Fabian Wahle (Hap Security)","type":"finder"}],"x_generator":{"engine":"vulncheck-endgame"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2026-09-30T13:50:17.642528Z","id":"CVE-2026-102875","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"total"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2026-09-30T13:50:29.006Z"}}]}}}