Threat Pulse 62High
Abandoned Popcorn Time updater left millions open to RCE; researchers pushed 2M disabling updates
Severity 5MitigatedconfirmedConsumer devices

CVE-2026-30612: whoever controlled the abandoned Popcorn Time update domain could run code as SYSTEM or root. Eye Security took the domain and pushed over 2 million updates that disable the updater. Uninstall Popcorn Time.

What to do: Grok rated 7; capped at 5 because researchers already neutralized most installs. Second Eye link came from Grok and could not be fetched (robots); the first was confirmed by search. Oct 26: 17 of 20 flagged domains now point to Shadowserver; 3 do not, so whoever holds them could still push code to remaining installs. Uninstall Popcorn Time.

· 14 days ago · labs.eye.security
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@BleepinComputerverifiedOct 23, 20:55 UTC

Abandoned Popcorn Time app exposed millions of device to RCE attacks

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@TheHackersNewsverifiedOct 26, 07:44 UTC

UPDATE on the Popcorn Time cleanup: of the 20 domains Eye Security flagged, 17 now point to Shadowserver; 3 don't, and whoever holds them could push code to computers still running the app.

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