CVE-2026-107660
Description
FFmpeg before 8.1.3 and 9.x before 9.0.2 contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability in tls_open() of libavformat/tls_mbedtls.c, which skips hostname checks for IP-address hosts. Network attackers can intercept https, rtmps, or tls connections to IP-literal URLs with any trusted CA-issued certificate to read and tamper with streams.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/0cd2a70eacd510c2efed48b9fc177c7cb2bc549f
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/57a2e704b4a6eda5d061b45aacde6b19c026bfc0
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/d377212904a19fc740d721cbda0ba58fa3805a29
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/24383
- https://ffmpeg.org/
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.1/libavformat/tls_mbedtls.c#L676-L681
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-before-8.1.3-and-9-x-before-9.0.2-mbedtls-hostname-verification-bypass-for-ip-hosts
CWEs
CWE-297
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.