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Successful exploitation results in unauthorized access to the Remote Access interface, limited to media files explicitly shared by the VLC for Android user.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.0033,"percentile":0.26431,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-307"],"published":"2026-02-26T17:37:19Z","modified":"2026-11-08T14:01:34Z","products":[{"vendor":"videolan","product":"vlc for android"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html","tags":["product","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/videolan/vlc-android/releases/tag/3.7.0","tags":["patch","release-notes","fix"]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vlc-for-android-remote-access-otp-authentication-bypass","tags":["third-party-advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26227","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://https://github.com/videolan/vlc-android/releases/tag/3.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r78h-rv66-c9hf"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/26xxx/CVE-2026-26227.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/videolan/vlc-android","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-26227","title":"VLC for Android \u003c 3.7.0 Remote Access OTP Authentication Bypass","description":"VideoLAN VLC for Android prior to version 3.7.0 contains an authentication bypass in the Remote Access Server feature due to missing or insufficient rate limiting on one-time password (OTP) verification. 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Successful exploitation results in unauthorized access to the Remote Access interface, limited to media files explicitly shared by the VLC for Android user.","status":"published","published":"2026-02-26T17:37:19.896Z","modified":"2026-11-08T14:01:34.375Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"},{"version":"3.1","score":3.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-307"],"updated_at":"2026-11-08T15:43:32.737211Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-8871","description":"VideoLAN VLC for Android prior to version 3.7.0 contains an authentication bypass in the Remote Access Server feature due to missing or insufficient rate limiting on one-time password (OTP) verification. The Remote Access Server uses a 4-digit OTP and does not enforce effective throttling or lockout within the OTP validity window, allowing an attacker with network reachability to the server to repeatedly attempt OTP verification until a valid user_session cookie is issued. 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Successful exploitation results in unauthorized access to the Remote Access interface, limited to media files explicitly shared by the VLC for Android user.","status":"published","published":"2026-02-26T18:31:41Z","modified":"2026-10-13T03:31:33Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/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","level":"medium"},{"version":"3.1","score":3.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"low"}],"cwes":["CWE-307"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:13:10.125536Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-26227","description":"VideoLAN VLC for Android prior to version 3.7.0 contains an authentication bypass in the Remote Access Server feature due to missing or insufficient rate limiting on one-time password (OTP) verification. 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