CVE-2026-42313 PUBLISHED

pyload-ng: non-admin SETTINGS users can redirect all outbound traffic through an attacker-controlled proxy

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 26.04.2026 Published: 11.05.2026 Updated: 11.05.2026

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev100, the set_config_value() API method (@permission(Perms.SETTINGS)) in src/pyload/core/api/init.py gates security-sensitive options behind a hand-maintained allowlist ADMIN_ONLY_CORE_OPTIONS. The allowlist contains ("proxy", "username") and ("proxy", "password") — which protect the proxy credentials — but it does not include ("proxy", "enabled"), ("proxy", "host"), ("proxy", "port"), or ("proxy", "type"). Any authenticated user with the non-admin SETTINGS permission can enable proxying and point pyload at any host they control. From that point, every outbound download, captcha fetch, update check, and plugin HTTP call is transparently routed through the attacker. This is a direct continuation of the fix family CVE-2026-33509 / CVE-2026-35463 / CVE-2026-35464 / CVE-2026-35586, each of which patched a different missed option in the same allowlist. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev100.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS Score: 8.3

Product Status

Vendor pyload
Product pyload
Versions
  • Version < 0.5.0b3.dev100 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-441: Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') CWE
  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization CWE
  • CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) CWE