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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-42314 EUVD-2026-29122GHSA-97r3-5w84-r4q8PYSEC-2026-128

pyLoad: Path Traversal via Package Folder Name

Published May 11, 2026 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev100, package folder names are sanitized using insufficient string replacement. The pattern ....// becomes .._ after replacement (partial removal), leaving .. which can be exploited when the path is later resolved by the OS. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev100.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
pyload pyload < 0.5.0b3.dev100 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI pyload-ng < 0.5.0b3.dev100 0.5.0b3.dev100 GHSA-97r3-5w84-r4q8

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