Directory Traversal Affecting vlc package, versions <3.0.24-0+deb13u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-VLC-20360863
  • published1 Oct 2026
  • disclosed29 Sept 2026

Introduced: 29 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-102875  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest vlc to version 3.0.24-0+deb13u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vlc package and not the vlc package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1