---
id: CVE-2026-116612
title: A flaw was found in GStreamer Editing Services (gst-editing-services)
summary: >-
  A flaw was found in GStreamer Editing Services (gst-editing-services). A GES
  project file can embed an arbitrary GStreamer pipeline description as an
  effect definition. When such a file is loaded, either explicitly by an editing
  applicat…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-913
vendor: GStreamer project
product: gst-editing-services
affected:
  - gst-editing-services < 1.28.8
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-26T17:22:48.922274Z'
published: '2026-10-26'
updated: '2026-10-27'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-27T03:55:30.986Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116612'
references:
  - url: 'https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2026-0090.html'
  - url: 'https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/12647'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00231
epssPercentile: 0.13856
ingestedAt: '2026-10-26T17:33:33.064Z'
---

## Overview

A flaw was found in GStreamer Editing Services (gst-editing-services). A GES project file can embed an arbitrary GStreamer pipeline description as an effect definition. When such a file is loaded, either explicitly by an editing application or automatically by a media player or file-manager thumbnailing service that uses GStreamer autoplugging, the pipeline description is parsed and instantiated without restriction on which elements may be used or which properties may be set. A remote attacker who can deliver a crafted project file to a victim's system can trigger reading or writing of arbitrary local files, issue outbound network requests to attacker-controlled servers, or cause the application to crash. Under certain conditions the file-write capability may be leveraged to achieve code execution.

## Affected

- `gst-editing-services < 1.28.8`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.