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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) verificat…

Low CVSS 3.7
CVECVE-2026-26227
First seen2026-07-14 22:15 UTC
Disclosed2026-02-26 18:23 UTC
Last updated2026-07-14 22:15 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

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. Successful exploitati…

In-depth triage · Auto channel

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Lint boundary warnings (2)

The following non-blocking warnings were raised during the lint phase of this triage (e.g. reference URLs not yet on the allowlist). They do not affect entry usability and are disclosed for transparency (see DR-002).

  • REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTED url not in allowlist: https://https://github.com/videolan/vlc-android/releases/tag/3.7.0
  • REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTED url not in allowlist: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html

Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD