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High · 7.5 CVE-2025-54140 EUVD-2025-22382GHSA-xqpg-92fq-grfgPYSEC-2026-1823

pyLoad has Path Traversal Vulnerability in json/upload Endpoint that allows Arbitrary File Write

Published Jul 22, 2025 · Updated Jul 23, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

pyLoad is a free and open-source Download Manager written in pure Python. In version 0.5.0b3.dev89, an authenticated path traversal vulnerability exists in the /json/upload endpoint of pyLoad. By manipulating the filename of an uploaded file, an attacker can traverse out of the intended upload directory, allowing them to write arbitrary files to any location on the system accessible to the pyLoad process. This may lead to: Remote Code Execution (RCE), local privilege escalation, system-wide compromise, persistence, and backdoors. This is fixed in version 0.5.0b3.dev90.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
pyload pyload >= 0.5.0b3.dev89, < 0.5.0b3.dev90 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI pyload-ng >= 0.5.0b3.dev89, < 0.5.0b3.dev90 0.5.0b3.dev90 GHSA-xqpg-92fq-grfg

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