CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-48987

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-09-15 Modified 2026-09-16 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2026-09-15
Last modified
2026-09-16
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:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-400, CWE-401, CWE-770

Description

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev101, EventManager in src/pyload/core/managers/event_manager.py appends a Client object to the clients list for each unique uuid submitted to the authenticated getEvents API endpoint, but get_events does not invoke the available clean method to remove inactive clients. An authenticated user can repeatedly submit unique UUID values, causing retained client objects and process memory to grow without bound even after requests stop. The resulting memory exhaustion can trigger an operating-system out-of-memory termination of pyLoad or host-wide instability and denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 0.5.0b3.dev101.

Related

Weakness · CWE (3)

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness

References