CVE-2026-26975

Music Assistant Server Path Traversal in Playlist Update API Allows Remote Code Execution

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Feb 20, 2026
Updated
Feb 20, 2026
Reserved
Feb 16, 2026

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Description

Music Assistant is an open-source media library manager that integrates streaming services with connected speakers. Versions 2.6.3 and below allow unauthenticated network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations. The music/playlists/update API allows users to bypass the .m3u extension enforcement and write files anywhere on the filesystem, which is exacerbated by the container running as root. This can be exploited to achieve Remote Code Execution by writing a malicious .pth file to the Python site-packages directory, which will execute arbitrary commands when Python loads. This issue has been fixed in version 2.7.0.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Affected Products

ProductVersions
servermusic-assistant
  • < 2.7.0Affected

References

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