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CVE-2026-55543

Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.

Description

TuxGuitar is an open-source guitar tablature editor. Prior to 2.1.0, an untrusted .tg file can set gervil.soundbank.path to reference an on-disk archive, including the .tg file itself, whose META-INF/services/javax.sound.midi.Soundbank entry names an attacker-supplied class stored in that archive. When a user opens the file, JARSoundbankReader uses an unverified class loader to load and instantiate that class, executing its constructor with the privileges of the TuxGuitar process. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.0.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.5 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-16 16:18:43.750000
Last modified
2026-10-28 19:17:36.267000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2026-55543",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-16T16:18:43.750",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-28T19:17:36.267",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "TuxGuitar is an open-source guitar tablature editor. Prior to 2.1.0, an untrusted .tg file can set gervil.soundbank.path to reference an on-disk archive, including the .tg file itself, whose META-INF/services/javax.sound.midi.Soundbank entry names an attacker-supplied class stored in that archive. When a user opens the file, JARSoundbankReader uses an unverified class loader to load and instantiate that class, executing its constructor with the privileges of the TuxGuitar process. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.0."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "helge17",
          "product": "tuxguitar",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "< 2.1.0",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "type": "Secondary",
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          "baseScore": 8.5,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "LOCAL",
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          "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackComplexity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackRequirements": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "modifiedVulnIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED"
        }
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          "role": "CISA Coordinator",
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  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
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          "value": "CWE-94"
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        {
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  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/helge17/tuxguitar/commit/a7eef20e2e02ee454597d42c295327d9f098c636",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/helge17/tuxguitar/releases/tag/2.1.0",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/helge17/tuxguitar/security/advisories/GHSA-v66p-c82h-w3cq",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/helge17/tuxguitar/security/advisories/GHSA-v66p-c82h-w3cq",
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}