RHSA-2026:68503HighCVSS 7.8

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

Published
September 17, 2026
Last Modified
September 21, 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 products29

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debugsource-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debugsource-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debugsource-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debugsource-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debugsource-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools-debuginfo-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools-debuginfo-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools-debuginfo-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools-debuginfo-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools-debuginfo-0:1.16.1-4.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)

✅ 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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