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TI-2026-21455 Aliases CVE-2026-26975

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

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01556 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed server (music-assistant): 2.7.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
music-assistantserverbefore 2.7.02.7.0Patch availableCNA
  • server Vendormusic-assistant Affected before 2.7.0 Fixed in 2.7.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:music-assistant:music_assistant_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.7.0Vulnerablemusic-assistant
  • cpe:2.3:a:music-assistant:music_assistant_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.7.0 Vulnerable ·music-assistant

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA server (music-assistant) Fixed in 2.7.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-26975

References

Exploit 1

Other 2

Sources

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