Security Advisory

CVE-2026-42314

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-05-11 16:34:05
Last updated 2026-05-11 18:33:46
Assigner GitHub_M
CVSS score 6.5
State PUBLISHED

Description

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev100, package folder names are sanitized using insufficient string replacement. The pattern ....// becomes .._ after replacement (partial removal), leaving .. which can be exploited when the path is later resolved by the OS. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev100.