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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-35464 EUVD-2026-19661GHSA-4744-96p5-mp2jPYSEC-2026-2989

pyLoad has an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-33509: unprotected storage_folder enables arbitrary file write to Flask session store and code execution

Published Apr 7, 2026 · Updated Apr 7, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. The fix for CVE-2026-33509 added an ADMIN_ONLY_OPTIONS set to block non-admin users from modifying security-critical config options. The storage_folder option is not in this set and passes the existing path restriction because the Flask session directory is outside both PKGDIR and userdir. A user with SETTINGS and ADD permissions can redirect downloads to the Flask filesystem session store, plant a malicious pickle payload as a predictable session file, and trigger arbitrary code execution when any HTTP request arrives with the corresponding session cookie. This vulnerability is fixed with commit c4cf995a2803bdbe388addfc2b0f323277efc0e1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
pyload pyload <= 0.5.0b3.dev96 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI pyload-ng <= 0.5.0b3 — GHSA-4744-96p5-mp2j

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