VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2026-42314
This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev100.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.34%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- pyload-ng project/pyload-ng
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-97r3-5w84-r4q8Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-97r3-5w84-r4q8Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.