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CVE-2026-32808

pyLoad: Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal during Encrypted 7z Password Verification

Published
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published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev97
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Versions before 0.5.0b3.dev97 are vulnerable to path traversal during password verification of certain encrypted 7z archives (encrypted files with non-encrypted headers), causing arbitrary file deletion outside of the extraction directory. During password verification, pyLoad derives an archive entry name from 7z listing output and treats it as a filesystem path without constraining it to the extraction directory. This issue has been fixed in version 0.5.0b3.dev97.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • pyload pyload

    From 0.4.9-6262-g2fa0b11d3 · fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev97

References 1

GitHub · pyload/pyload