CVE-2026-26227: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

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 lockou...

CVE-2026-26228: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

VideoLAN VLC for Android prior to version 3.7.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the Remote Access Server routing for the authenticated endpoint GET /download. The file query parameter is concatenated into a filesystem path under the configured download directory without canonicalizatio...