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 : upgrade Red Hat gstreamer1-plugins-base to 9.6.1 soon.
Data as of 31 Oct 2026, 11:06 UTC
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 9.6.1
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
Upgrade Red Hat gstreamer1-plugins-base to 9.6.1.
Affected software
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| Red Hat Product Security Red Hat | Affected
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AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated gstreamer1-plugins-base packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support and related variants. Users should apply these official updates promptly to remediate the vulnerability. For detailed update instructions, refer to Red Hat's advisory and article at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2026-18297) in the gstreamer1-plugins-base package of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 allows arbitrary code execution due to a buffer overflow in OGG file parsing. Red Hat has issued an important security update to address this issue in multiple architectures and variants of RHEL 9.6. The vulnerability is rated as having a high severity impact.