CVE-2026-96651 Plex Media Server path traversal
Remote attackers with valid sessions or LAN access can read arbitrary files, including tokens that grant full control of the Plex account and server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-96651?
CVE-2026-96651 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Plex Media Server, published on 23 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Plex Media Server before 1.43.3.10861 builds a file path from the url parameter without checking it for ../ sequences, allowing path traversal via '/system/agents/media/get'. A remote attacker with a valid session token could read any file that the target user can access. This access includes the PlexOnlineToken, which grants control of the Plex account and server. A LAN-adjacent attacker with a client-supplied X-Forwarded-For header could exploit the same issue.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-96651?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Plex Media Server.
How do I fix CVE-2026-96651?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-96651 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2026-96651 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-96651 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Plex Media Server
- CVE-2026-96656 Plex Media Server External Control of File Name or Path
- CVE-2020-5741 Plex Media Server Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2026-96654 Plex Media Server Improper Neutralization of Encoded URI Schemes in a Web Page
- CVE-2026-96652 Plex Media Server Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
- CVE-2026-96655 Plex Media Server Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x3g5-jwm4-93w7.