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CRITICALCVE-2026-35031Published Modified CNA GitHub_M

CVE-2026-35031: Jellyfin: Potential RCE via subtitle upload path traversal + .strm chain

Jellyfin is an open source self hosted media server. Versions prior to 10.11.7 contain a vulnerability chain in the subtitle upload endpoint (POST /Videos/{itemId}/Subtitles), where the Format field is not validated, allowing path traversal via the file extension and enabling arbitrary file write. This arbitrary file write can be chained into arbitrary file read via .strm files, database extraction, admin privilege escalation, and ultimately remote code execution as root via ld.so.preload. Exploitation requires an administrator account or a user that has been explicitly granted the "Upload Subtitles" permission. This issue has been fixed in version 10.11.7. If users are unable to upgrade immediately, they can grant non-administrator users Subtitle upload permissions to reduce attack surface.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
10.0
Severity
CRITICAL
Fixed in
Affected Products
1
Affected packages
  • jellyfin / jellyfin
    < 10.11.7
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H