MSRXCVE-2026-96656
CVE-2026-96656
Plex Media Server External Control of File Name or Path Vulnerability
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
CVSS 4.0 · CNA
chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS; higher than 78% of CVEs)
Plex Media Server before 1.43.3.10861 allows an admin user to write arbitrary files that may be executed on load. The preference TranscoderH264Options is appended verbatim to x264's option string on every transcode. At startup, all .so files are run without signature, execute bit, or symbol checks.
Scores
Affected products
- plex media server: < 1.43.3.10861
Weakness: CWE-73
6 references (advisories, patches, write-ups)
- https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/711 · Release Notes
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-266-01.json · Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96656 · Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://zmain.info/blog/plex2shell · Third Party Advisory
- https://www.boredhackerblog.info/2026/10/plex-vulnerabilities-being-exploited-in.html · Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-96656 · US Government Resource
Sources: NVD, CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Missing ones did not answer or have no record yet.