# CVE-2026-44482: soundcloud-rpc: Remote Code Execution via XSS in Track Title

> Attackers can execute arbitrary code on user machines by injecting HTML payloads into SoundCloud track titles rendered in the Electron app.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 May 2026
- **Updated:** 14 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p37x-32p8-445f

## What is CVE-2026-44482?

CVE-2026-44482 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in richardhbtz soundcloud-rpc, published on 14 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

soundcloud-rpc is a SoundCloud Client with Discord Rich Presence, Dark Mode, Last.fm and AdBlock support. Prior to 0.1.8, a track title containing an HTML payload executed locally in the Electron app. This means attacker-controlled SoundCloud track metadata can lead to local command execution on the user's machine. The application exposes a preload API (window.soundcloudAPI.sendTrackUpdate) to the remote SoundCloud page. Track metadata from SoundCloud is trusted and forwarded through IPC into the Electron main process. The app later renders that metadata as raw HTML inside privileged Electron views that have Node.js integration enabled. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.1.8.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-44482?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-44482?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-44482 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-44482 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44482 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-44482 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-44482 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in richardhbtz soundcloud-rpc, published on 14 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44482 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: richardhbtz soundcloud-rpc. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44482/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44482/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44482
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44482
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44482

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44482/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.