CVE-2026-102875 VLC media player before 3.0.24 Path Traversal via skins2
Attackers can exploit path traversal in VLC skins2 to write arbitrary files and execute code via Lua injection.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-102875?
CVE-2026-102875 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in videolan vlc, published on 29 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-102875?
How do I fix CVE-2026-102875?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2026-102875 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-102875 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-102875, GHSA-g288-22w4-chf6, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102875.