CVE-2026-125040

Gst-plugins-base: gst-plugins-base: quadratic regex processing in srt/webvtt subtitle parser causes denial of service

Published Nov 9, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in the SRT and WebVTT subtitle parser in GStreamer's gst-plugins-base. While sanitizing inline subtitle markup, the parser repeatedly searches the remaining text with unanchored regular expressions. A crafted subtitle cue with a long line of unmatched markup-like text can force quadratic CPU use and make a GStreamer-based application unresponsive.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Update gst-plugins-base to version 1.28.2 or later. Where updating is not yet possible, applications that do not require untrusted SRT/WebVTT subtitles can prevent automatic selection of the subparse element (for example, by setting GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_RANK=subparse:NONE).

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Red Hat
Red Hat enterprise Linux
Vendors & Products Red Hat
Red Hat enterprise Linux
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in the SRT and WebVTT subtitle parser in GStreamer's gst-plugins-base. While sanitizing inline subtitle markup, the parser repeatedly searches the remaining text with unanchored regular expressions. A crafted subtitle cue with a long line of unmatched markup-like text can force quadratic CPU use and make a GStreamer-based application unresponsive.
Title Gst-plugins-base: gst-plugins-base: quadratic regex processing in srt/webvtt subtitle parser causes denial of service
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat rhel Els
Weaknesses CWE-1333
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat rhel Els
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Nov 10, 2026, 10:12 PM
Reserved
Nov 9, 2026, 4:17 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Nov 9, 2026, 7:16 PM
Modified
Nov 10, 2026, 11:17 PM