pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev100, when passing a folder name in the set_package_data() API function call inside the data object with key "_folder", there is no sanitization at all, allowing a user with Perms.MODIFY to specify arbitrary directories as download locations for a package. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev100.
Advisories
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-838g-gr43-qqg9 | PyLoad vulnerable to Path Traversal via Package Folder Name in set_package_data |
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History
Mon, 11 May 2026 18:45:00 +0000
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Pyload
Pyload pyload |
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Pyload
Pyload pyload |
Mon, 11 May 2026 17:30:00 +0000
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| Description | pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev100, when passing a folder name in the set_package_data() API function call inside the data object with key "_folder", there is no sanitization at all, allowing a user with Perms.MODIFY to specify arbitrary directories as download locations for a package. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev100. | |
| Title | pyLoad: Path Traversal via Package Folder Name in set_package_data | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-22 CWE-36 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T16:35:32.099Z
Reserved: 2026-04-26T12:37:18.170Z
Link: CVE-2026-42315
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-11T18:16:35.260
Modified: 2026-05-11T18:16:35.260
Link: CVE-2026-42315
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-05-11T18:30:05Z
Github GHSA