CVE-2026-107697
Description
FFmpeg before 8.1.3 contains a protection mechanism failure in the HLS demuxer that allows attackers to bypass protocol and allowed_extensions restrictions when opening child playlists. Attackers can supply a crafted master playlist whose child playlists use disallowed protocols or non-multimedia local files, making parse_playlist() open resources the HLS security policy should block.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n8.1.2/libavformat/hls.c#L834
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/01044d04536e
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/191715f0232c
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/23602df9cd1b485c45ba6f533d3b85569de3f323
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-before-8.1.3-hls-demuxer-security-check-bypass-via-parse-playlist
CWEs
CWE-693
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.