# CVE-2026-35463: pyLoad has Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

- Also known as: GHSA-W48F-WWWF-F5FR, PYSEC-2026-2267
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.5.0b3.dev97
- Published: 2026-04-07 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- pyload: through 0.5.0b3.dev96
- pyload-ng (PyPI): through 0.5.0b3.dev96
- pyload-ng (PyPI): fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev97

## Description

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. In 0.5.0b3.dev96 and earlier, the ADMIN_ONLY_OPTIONS protection mechanism restricts security-critical configuration values (reconnect scripts, SSL certs, proxy credentials) to admin-only access. However, this protection is only applied to core config options, not to plugin config options. The AntiVirus plugin stores an executable path (avfile) in its config, which is passed directly to subprocess.Popen(). A non-admin user with SETTINGS permission can change this path to achieve remote code execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pyload, pyload-ng, upgrade to a fixed version (0.5.0b3.dev97) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-w48f-wwwf-f5fr
- https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/c4cf995a2803bdbe388addfc2b0f323277efc0e1

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