Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [,8.1.3)[9.0.0,9.0.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FFMPEG-20883285
  • published13 Oct 2026
  • disclosed8 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-107660  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-297  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ffmpeg to version 8.1.3, 9.0.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch due to improper certificate validation in the tls_open process, which skips hostname checks for IP-address hosts. An attacker can intercept and manipulate encrypted connections by presenting a certificate from any trusted certificate authority.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1