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CVE-2026-26228: VLC for Android 0 to before 3.7.0
CVE-2026-26228. CVSS 3.1 base score 4.9 (MEDIUM, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.00411 (percentile 0.33439), scored 12-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
VLC for Android · 0 to before 3.7.0
VideoLAN
Description’s affected range: prior to version 3.7.0
Component: Not specified by the source
Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 4.0): Network (remote) · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
The source says the file query parameter is concatenated into a filesystem path under the configured download directory without canonicalization or directory containment checks, allowing an authenticated attacker with network reachability to the Remote Access Server to request files outside the intended directory. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 2.3/10) rates confidentiality and availability impact as low; integrity impact as none.
- CWE
- CWE-22, CWE-73
- CCR priority
- 19.7 /100 (P5)
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L · Vendor/CNA
- EPSS
- 0.00411 · percentile 0.33439 · 2026-10-12
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-13 03:06:40.418413+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-26228.html