v1.18.1

eisenzopf/rvoipv1.18.1Apr 30, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

Patch release addressing security vulnerabilities, including code injection prevention in hooks and open redirect fixes in HLS and WebRTC. Adds KLV support and CDN configuration for HLS.

Key Highlights

Prevent code injection in MTX_QUERY hooks via URL encoding
Fix open redirect attacks in HLS and WebRTC modules
Add support for reading and writing KLV data
Introduce hlsCDNSecret for simplified CDN serving
Update RPI Camera controls to merge rather than overwrite

New Features

KLV support in HLS
hlsCDNSecret configuration
Public attribute in cache-control header
Temporary redirects instead of permanent redirects

Full Release Notes

## Fixes and improvements

General

* prevent code injection in case of MTX_QUERY in hooks (https://github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/issues/5707) When MTX_QUERY is used explicitly in hooks, for instance "curl http://something/?$MTX_QUERY", it can be used to inject arbitrary commands. MTX_QUERY is now url-encoded to prevent any abuse regardless of the configuration.
* use temporary redirects instead of permanent redirects (https://github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/issues/5710) this prevents unwanted caching.

HLS

* prevent open redirect attacks (https://github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/issues/5708)
* support reading and writing KLV (https://github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/issues/5604)
* add hlsCDNSecret (https://github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/issues/5716) this allows to serve HLS streams behind a CDN in a simplified way, compatible with the new HLS session system.
* add public attribute to cache-control header (https://github.com/bluenviron/gohlslib/issues/349)
* allow caching non-low-latency playlists (https://github.com/bluenviron/gohlslib/issues/350)

WebRTC

* prevent open redirect attacks (https://github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/issues/5708)

RPI Camera

* Merge request->controls instead of overwriting (https://github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx-rpicamera/issues/97) libcamera 0.7.0 is more strict about changing controls; assignment is no longer allowed since https://github.com/raspberrypi/libcamera/commit/310cd8bc0756717cde97fe5b083926f6d6931f58 Instead, we use the merge call with overwrite.

## Security

Binaries are compiled from source code by the [Release workflow](https://github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/actions/workflows/release.yml), which is a fully-visible process that prevents any change or external interference in produced artifacts.

Checksums of binaries are also published in a public blockchain by using [GitHub Attestations](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/concepts/security/artifact-attestations), and they can be verified by running:

```
ls mediamtx_* | xargs -L1 gh attestation verify --repo bluenviron/mediamtx
```

You can verify checksums of binaries by downloading `checksums.sha256` and running:

```
cat checksums.sha256 | grep "$(ls mediamtx_*)" | sha256sum --check
```