Red Hat Security Advisory: gstreamer1-plugins-base security update
Affects Red Hat gstreamer1-plugins-baseSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.
Data as of 31 Oct 2026, 11:06 UTC
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 20 Aug 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated gstreamer1-plugins-base packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 variants that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply these official updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2026:68503) to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the vendor-provided patches.
Description
A security vulnerability in the GStreamer streaming media framework's gstreamer1-plugins-base package allows arbitrary code execution via a buffer overflow in OGG file parsing. This issue is identified as CVE-2026-18297 and affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 variants. Red Hat has issued an important security update to address this flaw.