# CVE-2022-36082: mangadex-downloader vulnerable to unauthorized file reading

- Also known as: PYSEC-2022-264, GHSA-R9X7-2XMR-V8FW
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.7.2
- Published: 2022-09-07 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- mansuf mangadex-downloader: from 1.3.0, fixed in 1.7.2
- mangadex-downloader (PyPI): from 1.3.0, fixed in 1.7.2

## Description

mangadex-downloader is a command-line tool to download manga from MangaDex. When using `file:<location>` command and `<location>` is a web URL location (http, https), mangadex-downloader between versions 1.3.0 and 1.7.2 will try to open and read a file in local disk for each line of website contents. Version 1.7.2 contains a patch for this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on mansuf mangadex-downloader, mangadex-downloader, upgrade to a fixed version (1.7.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/mansuf/mangadex-downloader/security/advisories/GHSA-r9x7-2xmr-v8fw
- https://github.com/mansuf/mangadex-downloader/commit/439cc2825198ebc12b3310c95c39a8c7710c9b42

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