CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-35463
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
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"pyload","vendor":"pyload","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"<= 0.5.0b3.dev96"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5626018d9e2fe7e27d680b7dce14fe7d9470d7583722056b5425c07014f91b25 · sha256:6a3cae899299d77c… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-78","description":"CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5626018d9e2fe7e27d680b7dce14fe7d9470d7583722056b5425c07014f91b25 · sha256:6a3cae899299d77c… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/c4cf995a2803bdbe388addfc2b0f323277efc0e1","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/c4cf995a2803bdbe388addfc2b0f323277efc0e1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5626018d9e2fe7e27d680b7dce14fe7d9470d7583722056b5425c07014f91b25 · sha256:6a3cae899299d77c… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-w48f-wwwf-f5fr","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-w48f-wwwf-f5fr"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5626018d9e2fe7e27d680b7dce14fe7d9470d7583722056b5425c07014f91b25 · sha256:6a3cae899299d77c… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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