Buffer Overflow in GPAC (CVE-2026-15185)
Summary
Vulnerability in GPAC (CVE-2026-15185). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A vulnerability was determined in GPAC 26.03-DEV. This affects the function vobsub_read_idx of the file /src/media_tools/vobsub.c of the component MP4Box. Executing a manipulation of the argument num_langs can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be launched locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This patch is called 532097084729a936bcdf6a27c41003f3bd7dc3ff. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue. Two different commits were applied to fix this issue.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-15185 has been found in GPAC.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 3.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "GPAC CVE-2026-15185" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-15185 (GPAC) — CWE-119 / CVSS v3 3.3
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-119) exists in GPAC.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of GPAC.
Severity: Low (CVSS 3.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'GPAC' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'GPAC' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
GPACを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-15185 gpac
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-15185 gpac
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory vuldb.com
- advisory vuldb.com
- advisory vuldb.com
- advisory github.com
- patch github.com
- patch github.com
- report github.com
- report vuldb.com
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com