CVE-2026-32808

pyLoad: Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal during Encrypted 7z Password Verification

State: Published
Severity: 8.1 High
Published: Mar 20, 2026
Updated: Mar 25, 2026
Reserved: Mar 16, 2026

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.1 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
pyloadpyload	>= 0.4.9-6262-g2fa0b11d3, < 0.5.0b3.dev97Affected

References

https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-7g4m-8hx2-4qh3

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