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High · 8.1 CVE-2026-32808 EUVD-2026-13435

pyLoad: Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal during Encrypted 7z Password Verification

Published Mar 20, 2026 · Updated Mar 25, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Versions before 0.5.0b3.dev97 are vulnerable to path traversal during password verification of certain encrypted 7z archives (encrypted files with non-encrypted headers), causing arbitrary file deletion outside of the extraction directory. During password verification, pyLoad derives an archive entry name from 7z listing output and treats it as a filesystem path without constraining it to the extraction directory. This issue has been fixed in version 0.5.0b3.dev97.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
pyload pyload >= 0.4.9-6262-g2fa0b11d3, < 0.5.0b3.dev97 —

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