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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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Music-assistant
Music-assistant server
Vendors & Products Music-assistant
Music-assistant server

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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
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-02-20T00:49:03.306Z

Updated: 2026-02-20T15:35:58.447Z

Reserved: 2026-02-16T22:20:28.612Z

Link: CVE-2026-26975

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-20T15:29:22.588Z

cve-icon NVD

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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