[NEW] [high] GStreamer: Multiple Vulnerabilities
An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in GStreamer to corrupt data, trigger a denial of service condition, disclose confidential information, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities in GStreamer enable data corruption, denial of service, information disclosure, and possible arbitrary code execution.
- Who is affected
- All deployments of GStreamer.
- Urgency
- High severity with potential code execution warrants urgent patching.
- Action
- Apply available GStreamer security updates immediately.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2662
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-186490.56% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 43% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-18649 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
Recent advisories for GStreamer
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- highCVE-2026-18649: A flaw was found in the GStreamer gst-plugins-good package. The rtph264depay and rtph265depay …nvd · 2026-08-06
- medium[NEW] [medium] GStreamer: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-05
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] GStreamer: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-05
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] GStreamer: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-05
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] GStreamer: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-05
- highCVE-2026-5056: GStreamer qtdemux Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnera…nvd · 2026-07-29
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