CVE-2025-48948 Navidrome Transcoding Permission Bypass Vulnerability Report
Authenticated users can bypass authorization to modify administrator-only transcoding settings in Navidrome when transcoding is enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-48948?
CVE-2025-48948 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in navidrome, published on 30 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Navidrome is an open source web-based music collection server and streamer. A permission verification flaw in versions prior to 0.56.0 allows any authenticated regular user to bypass authorization checks and perform administrator-only transcoding configuration operations, including creating, modifying, and deleting transcoding settings. In the threat model where administrators are trusted but regular users are not, this vulnerability represents a significant security risk when transcoding is enabled. Version 0.56.0 patches the issue.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48948?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/navidrome/navidrome. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/navidrome/navidrome Go | All versions | 0.56.0 |
github.com/navidrome/navidrome Go | All versions | 0.56.0 |
github.com/navidrome/navidrome Go | All versions | 0.56.0 |
Products include Navidrome Navidrome.
How do I fix CVE-2025-48948?
Upgrade github.com/navidrome/navidrome to 0.56.0 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-48948 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-48948 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in navidrome
- CVE-2024-47062 Multiple SQL Injections and ORM Leak in navidrome
- CVE-2026-25579 Navidrome affected by Denial of Service and disk exhaustion via oversized `size` parameter in `/rest/getCoverArt` and `/share/img/<token>` endpoints
- CVE-2024-41259 Navidrome uses MD5 hashing algorithm
- CVE-2025-48949 Navidrome allows SQL Injection via role parameter
- CVE-2023-51442 Authentication bypass vulnerability in navidrome's subsonic endpoint
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f238-rggp-82m3, GO-2025-3733.