CVE-2026-44353 (GCVE-0-2026-44353)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 15:10 – Updated: 2026-05-27 15:10
VLAI
Title
Streamlink: Arbitrary local file read via file:// URI in HLS and DASH
Summary
Streamlink is a CLI utility which pipes video streams from various services into a video player. Prior to 8.4.0, Streamlink's HLS and DASH parsers do not validate the URI scheme of segment entries and other resources. A remote .m3u8 HLS playlist or .mpd DASH manifest can list file:///path/to/file as a segment, and streamlink will read that local file and write its contents to the output stream. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.4.0.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/security… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| streamlink | streamlink |
Affected:
< 8.4.0
|
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