CVE-2026-107697
What it is
FFmpeg before 8.1.3 contains a protection mechanism failure in the HLS demuxer that allows attackers to bypass protocol and allowed_extensions restrictions when opening child playlists. Attackers can supply a crafted master playlist whose child playlists use disallowed protocols or non-multimedia local files, making parse_playlist() open resources the HLS security policy should block.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in, but needs a user to act. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.3 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-693
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Ffmpeg < 8.1.3
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 5.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/01044d04536e
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/191715f0232c
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/23602df9cd1b485c45ba6f533d3b85569de3f323
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-before-8.1.3-hls-demuxer-security-check-bypass-via-parse-playlist
References
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n8.1.2/libavformat/hls.c#L834
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/01044d04536e
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/191715f0232c
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/23602df9cd1b485c45ba6f533d3b85569de3f323
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-before-8.1.3-hls-demuxer-security-check-bypass-via-parse-playlist