๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-125040

MEDIUM 6.5

Gst-plugins-base: gst-plugins-base: quadratic regex processing in srt/webvtt subtitle parser causes denial of service

CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A flaw was found in the SRT and WebVTT subtitle parser in GStreamer's gst-plugins-base. While sanitizing inline subtitle markup, the parser repeatedly searches the remaining text with unanchored regular expressions. A crafted subtitle cue with a long line of unmatched markup-like text can force quadratic CPU use and make a GStreamer-based application unresponsive.

CWE CWE-1333
Vendor red hat
Product red hat enterprise linux 10
Published Nov 9, 2026
Last Updated Nov 9, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-125040 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2569124 gstreamer.freedesktop.org: https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2026-0023.html