CVE-2026-55543 PUBLISHED

TuxGuitar: Arbitrary Code Execution via maliciously crafted `.tg` file

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 16.06.2026 Published: 16.10.2026 Updated: 16.10.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.5

Product Status

Vendor helge17
Product tuxguitar
Versions
  • Version < 2.1.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE
  • CWE-470: Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') CWE