CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-42314
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-05-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev100, package folder names are sanitized using insufficient string replacement. The pattern ....// becomes .._ after replacement (partial removal), leaving .. which can be exploited when the path is later resolved by the OS. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev100.
Affected configurations
• pyload-ng project pyload-ng (< 0.5.0b3.dev100)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-97r3-5w84-r4q8 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-97r3-5w84-r4q8 Exploit, Vendor Advisory