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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-123813 EUVD-2026-120449

pyLoad: Privilege revocation and password change through the REST API do not invalidate the user's session

Published Nov 9, 2026 · Updated Nov 14, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev102, pyLoad does not invalidate existing Flask sessions when an administrator changes a user's permissions or password through /api/set_user_permission or /api/change_password. Api.set_user_permission and Api.change_password update the database, but session authorization continues to use role and permission values copied at login by set_session in webui/app/helpers.py. A user can therefore retain revoked privileges or continue using a session established with an old password for the configured session lifetime. API-key authentication is not affected because that path rereads user data from the database. This issue is fixed in version 0.5.0b3.dev102.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
pyload pyload < 0.5.0b3.dev102 —

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