CVE-2026-96655

Plex Media Server before 1.43.3.10861 allows an authenticated user to request arbitrary internal or external addresses via the '/video/:/transcode/universal' path parameter.

CVSS 4.0

5.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS

1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 76% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CISA KEV

listed 2026-10-20, due 2026-11-03

CWE

CWE-918

Published

2026-09-23

Modified

2026-10-21

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-22

Affected

• plex:media_server

References

• https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/711
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-266-01.json
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96655
• https://zmain.info/blog/plex2shell
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-96655

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