CVE-2026-35463pyLoad has Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
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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.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-78
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
pyload pyload pyload:pyload (from the name) | through 0.5.0b3.dev96 | CNA record |
pyload-ng_project pyload-ng pyload-ng_project:pyload-ng | through 0.5.0b3.dev96 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-w48f-wwwf-f5frx-refsource-confirm, exploit, mitigation, vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/c4cf995a2803bdbe388addfc2b0f323277efc0e1x-refsource-misc, patch
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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