CVE-2026-48046: Streambert Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via Unvalidated Auto-Updater IPC Handler

Published Aug 11, 2026
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Updated

Streambert is a cross-platform Electron Desktop App to stream and download video content. Versions prior to 2.5.0 contain an unvalidated auto-updater URL vulnerability that allows a compromised renderer process to make the main process download and execute an arbitrary binary, resulting in remote code execution. Version 2.5.0 contains a patch.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Streambert Streambert<2.5.0

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Streambert to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.5.0
  2. Compensating control

    If possible, prevent/limit the auto-updater IPC handler from allowing a renderer process to trigger downloads/execution using unvalidated updater URLs until Streambert is upgraded to 2.5.0.

Event History

Aug 11, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:08 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:08 PM
DescriptionWeakness
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