pyLoad up to 0.5.0b3.dev96 path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in pyLoad up to 0.5.0b3.dev96. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-32808. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in pyLoad up to 0.5.0b3.dev96. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Versions before 0.5.0b3.dev97 are vulnerable to path traversal during password verification of certain encrypted 7z archives (encrypted files with non-encrypted headers), causing arbitrary file deletion outside of the extraction directory. During password verification, pyLoad derives an archive entry name from 7z listing output and treats it as a filesystem path without constraining it to the extraction directory. This issue has been fixed in version 0.5.0b3.dev97.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-32808 since 03/16/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 0.5.0b3.dev97 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• pyLoad

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• 0.5.0b3.dev96

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• Product: https://github.com/pyload/pyload/

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