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High · 7.1 CVE-2026-29778 EUVD-2026-10162GHSA-6px9-j4qr-xfjwPYSEC-2026-121

pyLoad: Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in edit_package()

Published Mar 7, 2026 · Updated Mar 9, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. From version 0.5.0b3.dev13 to 0.5.0b3.dev96, the edit_package() function implements insufficient sanitization for the pack_folder parameter. The current protection relies on a single-pass string replacement of "../", which can be bypassed using crafted recursive traversal sequences. This issue has been patched in version 0.5.0b3.dev97.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
pyload pyload >= 0.5.0b3.dev13, < 0.5.0b3.dev97 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI pyload-ng >= 0.5.0b3.dev13, < 0.5.0b3.dev97 0.5.0b3.dev97 GHSA-6px9-j4qr-xfjw

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