RHSA-2026:70260HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: gstreamer1-plugins-base security update

Published
September 22, 2026
Last Modified
October 31, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-18297 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-18297 — gstreamer-plugins-base: GStreamer: Arbitrary code execution via OGG file parsing buffer overflow

🎯 Affected products39

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debugsource-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debugsource-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debugsource-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debugsource-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debugsource-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debugsource-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debugsource-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-0:1.16.1-4.el8_6.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: Users should avoid opening untrusted OGG files or visiting untrusted websites that may serve malicious OGG content. This operational control reduces the risk of exploitation by preventing the processing of specially crafted files.

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