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Critical · 10.0 Public exploit CVE-2026-35031 EUVD-2026-22764

Jellyfin: Potential RCE via subtitle upload path traversal + .strm chain

Published Apr 14, 2026 · Updated Apr 16, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
jellyfin jellyfin < 10.11.7 —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

  • keraattin/CVE-2026-35031 ★ 1 · Apr 15, 2026

    Critical path traversal to RCE vulnerability in Jellyfin Media Server (CVSS 9.9). Includes proof-of-concept exploit, technical analysis, and detection tools.

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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