8.3 HIGH
- CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
- Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
- Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
- Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
- User Interaction (UI): None (N)
- Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
- Confidentiality (C): High (H)
- Integrity (I): High (H)
- Availability (A): Low (L)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
- Modified Confidentiality (MC): High (H)
- Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
- Modified Integrity (MI): High (H)
- Modified Availability (MA): Low (L)
Activity log
- Created suggestion
pyload-ng: non-admin SETTINGS users can redirect all outbound traffic through an attacker-controlled proxy
pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev100, the set_config_value() API method (@permission(Perms.SETTINGS)) in src/pyload/core/api/__init__.py gates security-sensitive options behind a hand-maintained allowlist ADMIN_ONLY_CORE_OPTIONS. The allowlist contains ("proxy", "username") and ("proxy", "password") — which protect the proxy credentials — but it does not include ("proxy", "enabled"), ("proxy", "host"), ("proxy", "port"), or ("proxy", "type"). Any authenticated user with the non-admin SETTINGS permission can enable proxying and point pyload at any host they control. From that point, every outbound download, captcha fetch, update check, and plugin HTTP call is transparently routed through the attacker. This is a direct continuation of the fix family CVE-2026-33509 / CVE-2026-35463 / CVE-2026-35464 / CVE-2026-35586, each of which patched a different missed option in the same allowlist. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev100.
References
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https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-pg67-9wjv-mr85 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Affected products
- ==< 0.5.0b3.dev100
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.pyload-ng
Free and open-source download manager with support for 1-click-hosting sites
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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
Package maintainers
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@fabaff Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch>
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@mweinelt Martin Weinelt <hexa@darmstadt.ccc.de>
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@dotlambda ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING_TRIGGER_REFUSAL_1FAEFB6177B4672DEE07F9D3AFC62588CCD2631EDCF22E8CCC1FB35B501C9C86 <nix@dotlambda.de>
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@ruby0b ruby0b