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CVE-2026-18297VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: gstreamer1-plugins-base security update

Affects Red Hat gstreamer1-plugins-baseSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited : upgrade the Red Hat redhat/gstreamer1-plugins-base package to 8.10.1 soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 12:55 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 14% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 8.10.1

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 25 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade the Red Hat redhat/gstreamer1-plugins-base package to 8.10.1.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hatredhat/gstreamer1-plugins-basepkg:rpm/redhat/gstreamer1-plugins-baseOther threatsAffected
  • >=8 <8.10.1
Fixed in
  • 8.10.1

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Description

GStreamer is a streaming media framework based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. The gstreamer1-plugins-base packages contain a collection of well-maintained base plug-ins. Security Fix(es): * gstreamer: GStreamer: Arbitrary code execution via OGG file parsing buffer overflow (CVE-2026-18297) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Reports on CVE-2026-18297

References

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