CVE-2026-1940

highcovered by 2 sourcesfirst seen 2026-06-21

Multiple security vulnerabilities were discovered in plugins for the GStreamer media framework and its codecs and demuxers, which may result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed media file is opened. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-6359-1

CSIRTS triage

What: Multiple vulnerabilities may result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code when malformed media files are opened.
Who is affected: Deployments of gst-plugins-good1.0 are affected.
Urgency: Remediation is urgent due to the potential for arbitrary code execution.
Action: Update to the latest version of gst-plugins-good1.0.

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Exploitation outlook

Low exploitation risk0.22% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 13% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (2)

high[UPDATE] [high] GStreamer: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-10
unknownDSA-6359-1 gst-plugins-good1.0 - security updatedebian · 2026-06-21

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