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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2024-21644

Any unauthenticated user can browse to a specific URL to expose the Flask config, including the `SECRET_KEY` variable.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 42.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 42.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

pyLoad is the free and open-source Download Manager written in pure Python. Any unauthenticated user can browse to a specific URL to expose the Flask config, including the `SECRET_KEY` variable. This issue has been patched in version 0.5.0b3.dev77.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
42.44% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-284
Affected
pyload/pyload
Source
security-advisories@github.com
EPSS trend
0%23%45%3 November 2026: 42.44%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 42.4% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.