CVE-2026-29778 PUBLISHED

pyLoad: Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in edit_package()

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 04.03.2026 Published: 07.03.2026 Updated: 07.03.2026

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. From version 0.5.0b3.dev13 to 0.5.0b3.dev96, the edit_package() function implements insufficient sanitization for the pack_folder parameter. The current protection relies on a single-pass string replacement of "../", which can be bypassed using crafted recursive traversal sequences. This issue has been patched in version 0.5.0b3.dev97.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CVSS Score: 7.1

Product Status

Vendor pyload
Product pyload
Versions
  • Version >= 0.5.0b3.dev13, < 0.5.0b3.dev97 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal CWE