AzuraCast up to 0.23.8 Profile Edit sc_serv.conf adminpassword/password/portbase privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in AzuraCast up to 0.23.8. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the file sc_serv.conf of the component Profile Edit. The manipulation of the argument adminpassword/password/portbase leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-121427. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in AzuraCast up to 0.23.8. This issue affects an unknown code block of the file sc_serv.conf of the component Profile Edit. The manipulation of the argument adminpassword/password/portbase with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

AzuraCast through 0.23.8 fails to remove frontend_config.custom_config in PUT /station/{id}/profile/edit for users lacking the Manage station broadcasting permission, and the stored JSON is written verbatim as key=value lines into the Shoutcast sc_serv.conf file. An authenticated user with only the Manage station profile permission can override adminpassword, password, and portbase, or inject arbitrary directives via newlines in keys, hijacking the station's Shoutcast frontend.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-121427 since 11/03/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/03/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• AzuraCast

Version

• 0.23.0
• 0.23.1
• 0.23.2
• 0.23.3
• 0.23.4
• 0.23.5
• 0.23.6
• 0.23.7
• 0.23.8

Website

• Product: https://github.com/AzuraCast/AzuraCast/

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