a3igner/plex-codec-cache-implant

PoC

Incident write-up: unsigned .so in the Plex Media Server codec cache executes a dropper on every transcode (CVE-2026-96656) — IOCs, STIX, YARA

view exploit source poc_in_githubauthor a3ignerpublished 2026-10-18catalog poc_in_github

exploited CVEs (1)

Known CVEs related to this entry.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2026-96656US	—OT critical	1.79% (78th)	KEV	2026-09-23
Plex Media Server before 1.43.3.10861 allows an admin user to write arbitrary files that may be executed on load. The preference TranscoderH264Options is appended verbatim to x264'…

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