Is CVE-2026-102875 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-102875 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2026-102875?

High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 29 September 2026.

Which products and versions are affected?

VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.24.

Is there a fix for CVE-2026-102875?

No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

How is CVE-2026-102875 attacked?

It is attacked with local access.

Am I affected by CVE-2026-102875?

Check whether you run VideoLAN VLC media player at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2026-102875: VLC media player path traversal in skins2 ThemeLoader

CVE-2026-102875 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.8 · Published 2026-09-29

VLC media player, a widely-used multimedia application, contains a vulnerability in its skin loading system that allows attackers to write arbitrary files when a user opens a malicious skin file. An attacker can exploit this to run malicious code with the privileges of the user running VLC, potentially compromising the entire system or stealing sensitive data.

Technologies: VideoLAN VLC media player. Vendors: VideoLAN.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-102875 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-102875 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-102875?: High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 29 September 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.24.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-102875?: No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-102875 attacked?: It is attacked with local access.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-102875?: Check whether you run VideoLAN VLC media player at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

The vulnerability is a path traversal flaw in the skins2 ThemeLoader component that fails to properly validate member names when extracting .vlt skin archive files. An attacker can craft a malicious .vlt file containing path traversal sequences (e.g., ../) to write files outside the intended directory, including Lua scripts that VLC will execute. This requires user interaction to open the malicious skin file.

Affected products

VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.24

Timeline

2026-09-29: disclosed

References

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