# CVE-2026-48987: pyLoad: Unbounded Memory Growth Leading to DoS and Potential DDoS in EventManager

- Also known as: GHSA-C2F9-4MC8-J656, PYSEC-2026-2992
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.5.0b3.dev101
- Published: 2026-09-15 · Updated: 2026-09-15

## Affected

- pyload: fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev101
- pyload-ng (PyPI): through 0.5.0b3.dev100

## Description

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev101, EventManager in src/pyload/core/managers/event_manager.py appends a Client object to the clients list for each unique uuid submitted to the authenticated getEvents API endpoint, but get_events does not invoke the available clean method to remove inactive clients. An authenticated user can repeatedly submit unique UUID values, causing retained client objects and process memory to grow without bound even after requests stop. The resulting memory exhaustion can trigger an operating-system out-of-memory termination of pyLoad or host-wide instability and denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 0.5.0b3.dev101.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pyload, pyload-ng, upgrade to a fixed version (0.5.0b3.dev101) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-c2f9-4mc8-j656
- https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/1b12dc7f348db8c144e0f39215680415e90ca4d2

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