7.5 HIGH
- CVSS version: 3.1
- Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
- Attack complexity (AC): HIGH
- Privileges required (PR): LOW
- User interaction (UI): NONE
- Scope (S): UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact (C): HIGH
- Integrity impact (I): HIGH
- Availability impact (A): HIGH
pyLoad has an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-33509: unprotected storage_folder enables arbitrary file write to Flask session store and code execution
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.
References
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https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-4744-96p5-mp2j x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33509 x_refsource_MISC
Affected products
- ==<= 0.5.0b3.dev96
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.pyload-ng
Free and open-source download manager with support for 1-click-hosting sites
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nixos-unstable 0.5.0b3.dev88
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nixos-25.11 0.5.0b3.dev88
- nixos-25.11-small 0.5.0b3.dev88
- nixpkgs-25.11-darwin 0.5.0b3.dev88
pkgs.python312Packages.pyloadapi
Simple wrapper for pyLoad's API
pkgs.python313Packages.pyloadapi
Simple wrapper for pyLoad's API
pkgs.python314Packages.pyloadapi
Simple wrapper for pyLoad's API
pkgs.home-assistant-component-tests.pyload
Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first
pkgs.tests.home-assistant-component-tests.pyload
Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first
Package maintainers
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@fabaff Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch>
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@dotlambda ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING_TRIGGER_REFUSAL_1FAEFB6177B4672DEE07F9D3AFC62588CCD2631EDCF22E8CCC1FB35B501C9C86 <nix@dotlambda.de>
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@mweinelt Martin Weinelt <hexa@darmstadt.ccc.de>
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@ruby0b ruby0b