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CVE-2026-35464 (GCVE-0-2026-35464)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-07 14:38 – Updated: 2026-04-07 15:58
VLAI
Title
pyLoad has an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-33509: unprotected storage_folder enables arbitrary file write to Flask session store and code execution
Summary
pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. The fix for CVE-2026-33509 added an ADMIN_ONLY_OPTIONS set to block non-admin users from modifying security-critical config options. The storage_folder option is not in this set and passes the existing path restriction because the Flask session directory is outside both PKGDIR and userdir. A user with SETTINGS and ADD permissions can redirect downloads to the Flask filesystem session store, plant a malicious pickle payload as a predictable session file, and trigger arbitrary code execution when any HTTP request arrives with the corresponding session cookie. This vulnerability is fixed with commit c4cf995a2803bdbe388addfc2b0f323277efc0e1.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-07 15:12 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
pyload pyload Affected: <= 0.5.0b3.dev96
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