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.
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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. | |
| Title | Music Assistant Server Path Traversal in Playlist Update API Allows Remote Code Execution | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-22 CWE-434 CWE-73 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-02-20T00:49:03.306Z
Updated: 2026-02-20T00:49:03.306Z
Reserved: 2026-02-16T22:20:28.612Z
Link: CVE-2026-26975
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-02-20T01:16:00.273
Modified: 2026-02-20T13:49:47.623
Link: CVE-2026-26975
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