pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. In 0.5.0b3.dev96 and earlier, the ADMIN_ONLY_OPTIONS protection mechanism restricts security-critical configuration values (reconnect scripts, SSL certs, proxy credentials) to admin-only access. However, this protection is only applied to core config options, not to plugin config options. The AntiVirus plugin stores an executable path (avfile) in its config, which is passed directly to subprocess.Popen(). A non-admin user with SETTINGS permission can change this path to achieve remote code execution.
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Advisories
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-w48f-wwwf-f5fr | pyLoad: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command |
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Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:15:00 +0000
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| Description | pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. In 0.5.0b3.dev96 and earlier, the ADMIN_ONLY_OPTIONS protection mechanism restricts security-critical configuration values (reconnect scripts, SSL certs, proxy credentials) to admin-only access. However, this protection is only applied to core config options, not to plugin config options. The AntiVirus plugin stores an executable path (avfile) in its config, which is passed directly to subprocess.Popen(). A non-admin user with SETTINGS permission can change this path to achieve remote code execution. | |
| Title | pyLoad has Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-78 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-07T14:32:44.149Z
Reserved: 2026-04-02T19:25:52.193Z
Link: CVE-2026-35463
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-07T15:17:44.363
Modified: 2026-04-07T15:17:44.363
Link: CVE-2026-35463
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Github GHSA