CVE-2025-48948: Navidrome Transcoding Permission Bypass Vulnerability Report

May 29, 2025 (updated October 31, 2025)

A permission verification flaw in Navidrome allows any authenticated regular user to bypass authorization checks and perform administrator-only transcoding configuration operations, including creating, modifying, and deleting transcoding settings.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-f238-rggp-82m3
github.com/navidrome/navidrome
github.com/navidrome/navidrome/commit/e5438552c63fecb6284e1b179dddae91ede869c8
github.com/navidrome/navidrome/pull/4096
github.com/navidrome/navidrome/security/advisories/GHSA-f238-rggp-82m3
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48948

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