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Directory Traversal & Filesystem can be accessed by a non-admin user

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Swing Music is a self-hosted music player for local audio files. Prior to version 2.1.4, Swing Music's `list_folders()` function in the `/folder/dir-browser` endpoint is vulnerable to directory traversal attacks. Any authenticated user (including non-admin) can browse arbitrary directories on the server filesystem. Version 2.1.4 fixes the issue.

Products
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CVEs
CVE-2026-23877
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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2 Nov 2026, 16:25 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Directory Traversal & Filesystem can be accessed by a non-admin user

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Jan 2026, 20:52 UTC

Swing Music is a self-hosted music player for local audio files. Prior to version 2.1.4, Swing Music's `list_folders()` function in the `/folder/dir-browser` endpoint is vulnerable to directory traversal attacks. Any authenticated user (including non-admin) can browse arbitrary directories on the server filesystem. Version 2.1.4 fixes the issue.

osv:CVE-2026-23877
Complete source record
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    "summary": "Swing Music is a self-hosted music player for local audio files. Prior to version 2.1.4, Swing Music's `list_folders()` function in the `/folder/dir-browser` endpoint is vulnerable to directory traversal attacks. Any authenticated user (including non-admin) can browse arbitrary directories on the server filesystem. Version 2.1.4 fixes the issue.",
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