Vulnerability · Published Feb 20, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-26975Music Assistant Server Path Traversal in Playlist Update API Allows Remote Code Execution

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity path traversal in server from music-assistant. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
music-assistant	server	< 2.7.0

Weakness: CWE-73, CWE-22, CWE-434 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://github.com/music-assistant/server/security/advisories/GHSA-7jcc-p6xr-835j x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/music-assistant/server/pull/2684 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/music-assistant/server/releases/tag/2.7.0 x_refsource_MISC