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rootandClaude Opus 5 74ef365f7d feat(streaming): tamper-proof stream tokens (AES-256-GCM), switched on per panel
Stream-link tokens were AES-CBC with a fixed IV and no MAC. A modified token
decrypts to modified bytes, and a padding error answers differently from a bad
credential (auth.php: BAD_TOKEN vs everything after), so with enough requests
anyone holding a link could read its username and password, or write a token of
their own. Several consumers trust a token's contents as they stand: the live /
vod / timeshift JSON (user_info, channel_info), HLS segment and key tokens, the
web player's proxy URL (fetched server-side) and the MAG portal's verify token
(passed to igbinary_unserialize).

Encryption::seal()/open() add AES-256-GCM with a random nonce, as
base64url(nonce ‖ ciphertext ‖ tag) — the same URL-safe alphabet, so no nginx
route or pattern changes. Every stream-link token is now made with
mintToken() and read with readToken(); StreamTokenCallSitesTest keeps new code
from calling the legacy encrypt()/decrypt() for one. Deterministic encryption
of stored data (HMAC keys looked up by ciphertext, image cache names) stays as
it was.

The new setting secure_stream_tokens (Settings → Tamper-proof Stream Tokens):
- on: tokens are sealed, and the legacy format is refused wherever a token's
  contents are trusted. /play/ playlist and portal links, RTMP tokens and
  probe's /play/ links still read the old format — they carry credentials that
  are looked up again, and saved playlists hold them — and every token auth.php
  cannot read now counts against the address (BruteforceGuard), which stops
  reading an old one through the error responses.
- off: legacy tokens are minted and every format is read.
Servers on an older version cannot read sealed tokens, so migration 021 turns it
off on a panel that has other servers (on for a single server, and for new
installs); turn it on once every server is updated.

key.php now also refuses a token that does not read, instead of serving the key
of stream 0.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BbYsGKhirq9eRK8e6wsCHR
2026-09-13 08:49:06 +00:00
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XC_VM IPTV Panel

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A modern, open-source IPTV panel inspired by Xtream Codes. Lightweight, fast, and community-driven.


What Is It?

XC_VM is a modern IPTV panel built on PHP, Nginx, FFmpeg, and MariaDB.

XC_VM helps you deploy a full IPTV infrastructure:

  • Management of Live TV, Movies, and Series
  • Reseller and user management
  • Load Balancing
  • EPG and VOD system
  • Monitoring tools and API

💡 Completely free. No licenses. No server locks.


Features

  • 🚀 Modern IPTV panel architecture
  • 🔀 Built-in load balancer support
  • 🎥 Management of VOD and live streams
  • 🧩 API compatible with Xtream Codes
  • 🔐 Enhanced security fixes
  • 📦 Fast FFmpeg-based transcoding
  • 🌍 Multi-language documentation
  • 🧭 Simple and intuitive interface
  • 🛠 Modular extension system

Technologies

  • Nginx — reverse proxy & web server
  • PHP 8.1 — core backend
  • MariaDB — database
  • KeyDB — cache/session engine
  • FFmpeg 8.0 — transcoding
  • yt-dlp — media acquiring

XC_VM officially supports Ubuntu 22.04 and is tested on 24.04.


Community

XC_VM is a fully community-driven project.

  • 💬 Issues
  • ⭐ GitHub Stars: support the project by giving it a star
  • 🔧 Pull Requests: welcome

If you want to contribute, read the:
Contributing Guide


Installation

Installation on Ubuntu 22.04+:

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade -y
sudo apt install -y python3-pip unzip

latest_version=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/Vateron-Media/XC_VM/releases/latest | grep '"tag_name":' | cut -d '"' -f 4)
wget "https://github.com/Vateron-Media/XC_VM/releases/download/${latest_version}/XC_VM.zip"

unzip XC_VM.zip
sudo python3 install

Disclaimer

You are fully responsible for your own use of this software.