# CVE-2025-54140: pyLoad has Path Traversal Vulnerability in json/upload Endpoint that allows Arbitrary File Write

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-1823, GHSA-XQPG-92FQ-GRFG
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.5.0b3.dev90
- Published: 2025-07-22 · Updated: 2025-07-23

## Affected

- pyload: from 0.5.0b3.dev89, fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev90
- pyload-ng (PyPI): from 0.5.0b3.dev89, fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev90

## Description

pyLoad is a free and open-source Download Manager written in pure Python. In version 0.5.0b3.dev89, an authenticated path traversal vulnerability exists in the /json/upload endpoint of pyLoad. By manipulating the filename of an uploaded file, an attacker can traverse out of the intended upload directory, allowing them to write arbitrary files to any location on the system accessible to the pyLoad process. This may lead to: Remote Code Execution (RCE), local privilege escalation, system-wide compromise, persistence, and backdoors. This is fixed in version 0.5.0b3.dev90.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pyload, pyload-ng, upgrade to a fixed version (0.5.0b3.dev90) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-xqpg-92fq-grfg
- https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/fc4b136e9c4e7dcbb8e467ae802cb2c3f70a71b0
- https://github.com/pyload/pyload/blob/df094db67ec6e25294a9ac0ddb4375fd7fb9ba00/src/pyload/webui/app/blueprints/json_blueprint.py#L109

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