CVE-2026-102875
VLC media player before 3.0.24 Path Traversal via skins2
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-22 |
| Vendor | videolan |
| Product | vlc |
| Published | Sep 29, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
videolan / vlc
0 < 3.0.24
References
code.videolan.org: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/commit/59934edbd03c6c1147d75d6c91e96633b710ec31 code.videolan.org: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/commit/8d43e99c2c01d9aab3ecad00e7a102806262b06b code.videolan.org: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/blob/3.0.23/modules/gui/skins2/src/theme_loader.cpp code.videolan.org: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vlc-media-player-before-3.0.24-path-traversal-via-skins2
Credits
Fabian Wahle (Hap Security)