# CVE-2026-35459: pyLoad has SSRF fix bypass via HTTP redirect

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-495, GHSA-7GVF-3W72-P2PG
- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-06 · Updated: 2026-04-07

## Affected

- pyload: through 0.5.0b3.dev96
- pyload-ng (PyPI): through 0.5.0b3.dev96

## Description

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. In 0.5.0b3.dev96 and earlier, pyLoad has a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability. The fix for CVE-2026-33992 added IP validation to BaseDownloader.download() that checks the hostname of the initial download URL. However, pycurl is configured with FOLLOWLOCATION=1 and MAXREDIRS=10, causing it to automatically follow HTTP redirects. Redirect targets are never validated against the SSRF filter. An authenticated user with ADD permission can bypass the SSRF fix by submitting a URL that redirects to an internal address.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pyload, pyload-ng, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-7gvf-3w72-p2pg
- https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/33c55da084320430edfd941b60e3da0eb1be9443

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