CVE-2026-102875: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in videolan vlc
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-102875 is a path traversal vulnerability in VLC media player's skins2 ThemeLoader that fails to properly validate member names in .vlt skin archives. This allows attackers to create specially crafted skin files that exploit path traversal sequences to write arbitrary files on the filesystem with the same privileges as the VLC user. Through this mechanism, attackers can inject Lua scripts leading to code execution. The vulnerability affects VLC versions from the initial release up to but not including 3.0.24.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to write arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running VLC. This can lead to arbitrary code execution via Lua script injection, potentially compromising the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in VLC version 3.0.24. Users should upgrade to version 3.0.24 or later to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-102875: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in videolan vlc
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.
CVSS v4.0
Score 8.5high
Affected software
videolan
vlc
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-102875 is a path traversal vulnerability in VLC media player's skins2 ThemeLoader that fails to properly validate member names in .vlt skin archives. This allows attackers to create specially crafted skin files that exploit path traversal sequences to write arbitrary files on the filesystem with the same privileges as the VLC user. Through this mechanism, attackers can inject Lua scripts leading to code execution. The vulnerability affects VLC versions from the initial release up to but not including 3.0.24.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to write arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running VLC. This can lead to arbitrary code execution via Lua script injection, potentially compromising the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in VLC version 3.0.24. Users should upgrade to version 3.0.24 or later to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-29T17:33:11.161Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6abc1a5e680226ef6837a598
Added to database: 09/29/2026, 20:06:54 UTC
Last enriched: 09/29/2026, 20:21:23 UTC
Last updated: 09/30/2026, 03:03:22 UTC
Views: 10
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