CVE-2026-41470
LIVE555 < 2026.04.22 RTSP Server Authorization Bypass via Session Token
LIVE555 before 2026.04.22 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in RTSP session command handling that allows attackers to replay valid Session tokens from unauthenticated connections. Attackers who obtain a valid Session token can issue PLAY and TEARDOWN commands from a second TCP connection without authentication, causing server crashes through virtual function call errors or disrupting active streams by terminating victim sessions.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.2
LIVE555 < 2026.04.22 RTSP Server Authorization Bypass via Session Token
LIVE555 before 2026.04.22 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in RTSP session command handling that allows attackers to replay valid Session tokens from unauthenticated connections. Attackers who obtain a valid Session token can issue PLAY and TEARDOWN commands from a second TCP connection without authentication, causing server crashes through virtual function call errors or disrupting active streams by terminating victim sessions.
- Record
CVE-2026-41470- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-30973
8.2
LIVE555 before 2026.04.22 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in RTSP session command handling that allows attackers to replay valid Session tokens from unauthenticated connections. Attackers who obtain a valid Session token can issue PLAY and TEARDOWN commands from a second TCP connection without authentication, causing server crashes through virtual function call errors or disrupting active streams by terminating victim sessions.
- Record
EUVD-2026-30973- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3x7c-xg4r-972q
8.2
LIVE555 before 2026.04.22 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in RTSP session command...
LIVE555 before 2026.04.22 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in RTSP session command handling that allows attackers to replay valid Session tokens from unauthenticated connections. Attackers who obtain a valid Session token can issue PLAY and TEARDOWN commands from a second TCP connection without authentication, causing server crashes through virtual function call errors or disrupting active streams by terminating victim sessions.
- Record
GHSA-3x7c-xg4r-972q- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.2
LIVE555 before 2026.04.22 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in RTSP session command handling that allows attackers to replay valid Session tokens from unauthenticated connections. Attackers who obtain a valid Session token can issue PLAY and TEARDOWN commands from a second TCP connection without authentication, causing server crashes through virtual function call errors or disrupting active streams by terminating victim sessions.
- Record
CVE-2026-41470- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-41470
8.2
LIVE555 before 2026.04.22 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in RTSP session command handling that allows attackers to replay valid Session tokens from unauthenticated connections. Attackers who obtain a valid Session token can issue PLAY and TEARDOWN commands from a second TCP connection without authentication, causing server crashes through virtual function call errors or disrupting active streams by terminating victim sessions.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-41470- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-41470
8.2
LIVE555 before 2026.04.22 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in RTSP session command handling that allows attackers to replay valid Session tokens from unauthenticated connections. Attackers who obtain a valid Session token can issue PLAY and TEARDOWN commands from a second TCP connection without authentication, causing server crashes through virtual function call errors or disrupting active streams by terminating victim sessions.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41470- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:10881-1 No score
libBasicUsageEnvironment2-2026.04.22-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the libBasicUsageEnvironment2-2026.04.22-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:10881-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:21863-1 No score
Security update for live555
This update for live555 fixes the following issues:
Changes in live555:
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Update to version 2026.08.25:
- Fixed a bug in "VorbisAudioRTPSource" that could have caused a malicious SDP description to crash a RTP client.
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update to 2026.08.14:
- Fixed a bug that could cause a problem with subclassed variants of H.264 or H.265 RTP sinks.
- Fixed old code in "GroupsockHelper.cpp" that was using hardcoded numeric error numbers
- Fixed a memory leak that could occur when parsing a SDP description that contains two or more
- When adding protection against the use of 'stolen' RTSP session ids we forgot to do so for every "SETUP" command. This release fixes that.
- Fixed a typo in "RTSPCommon.cpp": "smtpe" -> "smpte".
- Updated the RTSP server implementation to return a "Unsupported Transport" error if a "SETUP" request does not include a "Transport:" header.
- Added "-std=c++20" to the "CPLUSPLUS_FLAGS" line in each "config.*" file, so that "std::atomic_flag::test" will compile with compilers that support
- Made the parsing of MP3 audio files more robust to protect against malformed MP3 data.
- Minor change to "testProgs/testRTSPClient.cpp" to make compiling on Mac OS X happier.
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Update to version 2026.06.01:
- Updated the "RTSPServer" implementation of the "SETUP" command to make it more robust if subclassed code reimplements "lookupServerMediaSession()" as an asynchronous operation.
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update to 2026.05.30:
- Updated the "RTSPServer" implementation some more to make it more robust if subclassed code reimplements "lookpServerMediaSession()" as an asynchronous operation.
- Added an (integer) index to identify each server's 'client connection', and changed the "fClientConnections" table to be indexed by this id.
- In the "RTSPServer" implementation, removed the "fOurClientConnection" member variable. This had been left over from when the RTSP "SETUP" command had been implemented as a single, synchronous function. Now that "SETUP" is implemented using multiple functions, possibly asynchronously (depending upon how "lookpServerMediaSession()" is implemented), this member variable was potentially dangerous if more than one "SETUP" is performed concurrently on the same client connection, or on separate client connections.
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update to 2026.05.28:
- fix use-after-free memory corruption introduced in fix for CVE-2026-41470
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Update to version 2026.04.22 (CVE-2026-41470, boo#1265856):
- Added extra checking to the handling of the RTSP server's "PLAY", "PAUSE", "TEARDOWN", and "SET_PARAMETER" commands, to ensure that, if the session is authenticated, then a proper authentication check is done before these commands are handled. This protects against the use of a 'stolen' RTSP session id to send these commands. (Note, however, that if the session is not authenticated (i.e., no username,password is needed), then no such protection is possible.)
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Changes from version 2026-04-01:
- Updated the way that the RTSP server generates successive RTSP 'session ids' to make it less likely that an attacker could guess a session id.
- Updated the RTSP server implementation to make it possible for a client to request both interleaved (i.e., RTP/RTCP-over-TCP) and non-interleaved (i.e., RTP/RTCP-over-UDP) delivery within the same session.
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Update to version 2026.03.23 (boo#1279932):
- CVE-2026-38998: Fixed a bug in the RTSP server code that caused it to improperly handle non-interleaved "SETUP"s that were sent for a session where interleaving (i.e., RTP/RTCP-over-TCP) had already been "SETUP". (This could cause a 'use-after-free' error.
- For changes between 2024.08.01 to today, please refer to https://download.live555.com/changelog.txt
-
update to 2024-08-01:
- Updated "ServerMediaSession::generateSDPDescription()" to treat…
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:21863-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
liblivemediaDebian:14 |
before 2026.09.23-dfsg-1, plus listed versions 2004.11.11a-12005.04.01-12005.06.16-12005.07.21-12005.10.05-1 Show 45 moreShow less2006.03.17-12006.03.17-22007.02.20-12007.02.20-22008.07.25-12008.07.25-22009.11.27-12010.02.10-12010.04.09-12010.11.17-12011.03.14-12011.05.25-12011.06.16-12011.07.08-12011.07.21-12011.08.22-12011.09.02-12011.12.23-12012.02.04-12012.02.29-12012.02.29-22012.04.04-12012.04.21-12012.05.03-12012.05.03-1~bpo60+12012.05.17-12012.05.17-1+wheezy12012.05.17-1~bpo60+12012.08.31-12012.10.24-12012.11.16-12012.11.30-12013.01.05-12013.01.05-22013.01.05-32013.01.15-12013.04.30-12013.10.25-12014.01.13-12015.12.22-12016.01.12-12016.01.16-12016.01.20-12016.01.29-12016.01.29-2 |
2026.09.23-dfsg-1 |
liblivemediaUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2014.01.13-12016.01.29-22016.02.09-12016.02.09-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
None known |
liblivemediaUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2017.07.18-12017.09.12-1ubuntu12017.10.28-22018.01.29-12018.02.18-12018.02.18-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
None known |
liblivemediaUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2018.11.26-1.12020.01.19-12020.01.19-1build1 |
None known |
liblivemediaUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2026.09.23-dfsg-12026.09.23-dfsg-32026.09.23-dfsg-4 |
None known |
live555openSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 2026.04.22-1.1 | 2026.04.22-1.1 |
live555openSUSE:Leap 16.0 |
before 2026.08.25-bp160.1.1 | 2026.08.25-bp160.1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-41470 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.2) in Live Networks, Inc. Live555, published May 19, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.48%, the 41st percentile. Fixed in liblivemedia 2026.09.23-dfsg-1.
References
Left out here: 52 versions and the rest of 1 source description. The JSON record has them.