---
title: "CVE-2026-61571: AVideo - Broken Access Control"
description: "AVideo prior to 8.1.0 contains broken access control caused by missing global authentication on encoder endpoints, letting unauthenticated attackers control queue processing, access streamer URLs, memory stats, and enumerate media files, exploit requires no authentication."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-61571/
---

# CVE-2026-61571 AVideo - Broken Access Control

AVideo prior to 8.1.0 contains broken access control caused by missing global authentication on encoder endpoints, letting unauthenticated attackers control queue processing, access streamer URLs, memory stats, and enumerate media files, exploit requires no authentication.

CVSS base score 7.3 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61571)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Information Disclosure, Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Published

28 October 2026

Updated

29 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-306](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/306.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 8.1.0 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61571](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61571)
- [https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo-Encoder/commit/ac6097cd5fa7a24df82293bff66b136d559c16db](https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo-Encoder/commit/ac6097cd5fa7a24df82293bff66b136d559c16db)
- [https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo-Encoder/releases/tag/v8.1.0](https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo-Encoder/releases/tag/v8.1.0)
- [https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo-Encoder/security/advisories/GHSA-297p-4mj8-28wm](https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo-Encoder/security/advisories/GHSA-297p-4mj8-28wm)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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