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CVE-2026-121601: GStreamer's MXF demuxer plugin (gst-plugins-bad) · Out-of-bounds Read

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-121601· Medium 6.1

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.1 Medium.

Data as of 9 Nov 2026, 16:36 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.1Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.16.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 9 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 9 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6gstreamer-plugins-bad-freeAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7gstreamer-plugins-bad-freeAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeAffected–Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Avoid parsing untrusted MXF media files with the GStreamer MXF demuxer plugin until a fixed package is available. Alternatively, disable the mxfdemux plugin in applications that allow plugin selection. Monitor vendor advisories for the release of official patches. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, 8, and 9.2 are not affected; affected versions include RHEL 9.4 and later, RHEL 10, and current Fedora streams.

Description

A vulnerability exists in GStreamer's MXF demuxer plugin (gst-plugins-bad) where it improperly indexes internal tables using unvalidated values from specially crafted MXF media files. This can cause a denial of service (application crash) and may allow limited reading of adjacent heap memory. Exploitation requires a local attacker to trick a user into opening a malicious MXF file. No code execution or write primitives have been demonstrated. Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 9.4 and later, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System, and current Fedora streams with GStreamer versions 1.22.x through 1.28.8 are affected. Earlier Red Hat versions and RHEL 9.2 with GStreamer 1.18.4 are not affected. Mitigation involves avoiding untrusted MXF files or disabling the mxfdemux plugin until a fixed package is available.

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