VideoLAN VLC up to 3.0.23 skins2 ThemeLoader path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in VideoLAN VLC up to 3.0.23. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component skins2 ThemeLoader. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-102875. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in VideoLAN VLC up to 3.0.23. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component skins2 ThemeLoader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at code.videolan.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-102875 since 09/29/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.0.24 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Multimedia Player Software

Vendor

• VideoLAN

Name

• VLC

Version

• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.5
• 3.0.6
• 3.0.7
• 3.0.8
• 3.0.9
• 3.0.10
• 3.0.11
• 3.0.12
• 3.0.13
• 3.0.14
• 3.0.15
• 3.0.16
• 3.0.17
• 3.0.18
• 3.0.19
• 3.0.20
• 3.0.21
• 3.0.22
• 3.0.23

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.videolan.org/

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