🚨 ‼️ Pixelfed + Loops Admins PSA ⚠️
You need to update ffmpeg to v8.1.2+ ASAP.
We made a guide for Ubuntu ⬇️
https://gist.github.com/dansup/460039bf77284752cbf5ca7d6406f6c4
Please boost for visibility, this also affects other fediverse software, and this guide may help those admins too.
See https://jfrog.com/blog/pixelsmash-critical-ffmpeg-vulnerability-turns-media-files-into-weapons/ for more details about the vulnerability.
#ffmpeg #pixelsmash
pixelfed
npub1q0…5622l
2026-06-25 13:32:00 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1q03juraj84sn323nchqg25ywcsuuzj60zl4f72thy69eph3xt24qc5622lSeen on
wss://relay.ditto.pubPublished at
2026-06-25 13:32:00 UTCEvent JSON
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"id": "1d606785541bae04fcc81928538cd8a0fd238f7bc3593102e2030b5c4847054f",
"pubkey": "03e32e0fb23d6138aa33c5c085508ec439c14b4f17ea9f2977268b90de265aaa",
"created_at": 1782394320,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"ffmpeg"
],
[
"t",
"pixelsmash"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.social/users/pixelfed/statuses/116810994206867238",
"activitypub"
],
[
"client",
"Mostr",
"31990:6be38f8c63df7dbf84db7ec4a6e6fbbd8d19dca3b980efad18585c46f04b26f9:mostr",
"wss://relay.ditto.pub"
]
],
"content": "🚨 ‼️ Pixelfed + Loops Admins PSA ⚠️\n\nYou need to update ffmpeg to v8.1.2+ ASAP.\n\nWe made a guide for Ubuntu ⬇️\n\nhttps://gist.github.com/dansup/460039bf77284752cbf5ca7d6406f6c4\n\nPlease boost for visibility, this also affects other fediverse software, and this guide may help those admins too.\n\nSee https://jfrog.com/blog/pixelsmash-critical-ffmpeg-vulnerability-turns-media-files-into-weapons/ for more details about the vulnerability.\n\n#ffmpeg #pixelsmash",
"sig": "da6bcd9752f975bc68ec65d57ce21843fb10c935b7ea1568fe60cc02a4c2ccff1ceab85b06503025d6e77a3064517c793383a2f4a7676daf60c5e3b26a36e9ea"
}