OwnTone Server < 29.1 Race Condition DoS via DAAP Login
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
OwnTone Server versions 28.4 through 29.0 contain a race condition vulnerability in the DAAP login handler that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the server by exploiting unsynchronized access to the global DAAP session list. Attackers can flood the DAAP /login endpoint with concurrent requests to trigger a remote denial of service condition without requiring authentication.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA owntone-server (owntone) Fixed in 29.1.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
owntone-server 29.1.0
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-30046 OwnTone Server < 29.1 SQL Injection via query and filter ParametersPriority LOW 36
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41458
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rvqf-8mp6-8qjg
References
More owntone vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-39393 A NULL pointer dereference in the dacp_reply_playqueueedit_move function… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-39392 A NULL pointer dereference in the parse_meta function (src/httpd_daap.c) of… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-35462 NULL pointer dereference in the dacp_reply_playqueueedit_clear function in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-15987 OwnTone (aka owntone-server) through 28.1 has a use-after-free in net_bind() in misc.c. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-35461 NULL pointer dereference in the daap_reply_groups function in src/httpd_daap.c in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-83833 SQL injection in OwnTone Server via MPD sticker find command CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-41458 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-41458 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rvqf-8mp6-8qjg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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