CVE-2026-44482: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation in richardhbtz soundcloud-rpc
CVE-2026-44482 is a critical vulnerability in the soundcloud-rpc Electron app prior to version 0. 1. 8. The app improperly validates input by trusting SoundCloud track metadata, which can contain malicious HTML payloads. This leads to local command execution due to rendering untrusted HTML in privileged Electron views with Node. js integration enabled. The vulnerability arises from forwarding untrusted metadata through IPC without sanitization. It is fixed in version 0. 1. 8.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The soundcloud-rpc application versions before 0.1.8 suffer from improper input validation (CWE-20) that allows an attacker to embed malicious HTML in SoundCloud track titles. This HTML is executed locally within the Electron app because the app renders the track metadata as raw HTML in privileged views that have Node.js integration enabled. The preload API (window.soundcloudAPI.sendTrackUpdate) forwards untrusted track metadata from the remote SoundCloud page to the Electron main process via IPC without sanitization. This results in local command execution on the user's machine. The vulnerability is addressed in version 0.1.8 of soundcloud-rpc.
Potential Impact
An attacker controlling SoundCloud track metadata can execute arbitrary commands locally on the victim's machine running vulnerable versions of soundcloud-rpc. This leads to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. The CVSS score of 9.6 reflects the critical nature of this vulnerability with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction needed, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in soundcloud-rpc version 0.1.8. Users should upgrade to version 0.1.8 or later to remediate this issue. No other official remediation or temporary fixes are documented. Patch status is not explicitly stated in the vendor advisory, but the fix is included in the specified version update.
CVE-2026-44482: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation in richardhbtz soundcloud-rpc
Description
CVE-2026-44482 is a critical vulnerability in the soundcloud-rpc Electron app prior to version 0. 1. 8. The app improperly validates input by trusting SoundCloud track metadata, which can contain malicious HTML payloads. This leads to local command execution due to rendering untrusted HTML in privileged Electron views with Node. js integration enabled. The vulnerability arises from forwarding untrusted metadata through IPC without sanitization. It is fixed in version 0. 1. 8.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The soundcloud-rpc application versions before 0.1.8 suffer from improper input validation (CWE-20) that allows an attacker to embed malicious HTML in SoundCloud track titles. This HTML is executed locally within the Electron app because the app renders the track metadata as raw HTML in privileged views that have Node.js integration enabled. The preload API (window.soundcloudAPI.sendTrackUpdate) forwards untrusted track metadata from the remote SoundCloud page to the Electron main process via IPC without sanitization. This results in local command execution on the user's machine. The vulnerability is addressed in version 0.1.8 of soundcloud-rpc.
Potential Impact
An attacker controlling SoundCloud track metadata can execute arbitrary commands locally on the victim's machine running vulnerable versions of soundcloud-rpc. This leads to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. The CVSS score of 9.6 reflects the critical nature of this vulnerability with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction needed, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in soundcloud-rpc version 0.1.8. Users should upgrade to version 0.1.8 or later to remediate this issue. No other official remediation or temporary fixes are documented. Patch status is not explicitly stated in the vendor advisory, but the fix is included in the specified version update.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitHub_M
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-06T17:18:51.783Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a05e888ec166c07b0eee372
Added to database: 5/14/2026, 3:21:44 PM
Last enriched: 5/14/2026, 3:36:44 PM
Last updated: 5/14/2026, 4:23:46 PM
Views: 3
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