CVE-2026-35586

Authorization Bypass for SSL Certificate/Key Configuration Due to Option Name Mismatch in pyload-ng

State: Published
Severity: 6.8 Medium
Published: Apr 7, 2026
Updated: Apr 7, 2026
Reserved: Apr 3, 2026

Description

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev97, the ADMIN_ONLY_CORE_OPTIONS authorization set in set_config_value() uses incorrect option names ssl_cert and ssl_key, while the actual configuration option names are ssl_certfile and ssl_keyfile. This name mismatch causes the admin-only check to always evaluate to False, allowing any user with SETTINGS permission to overwrite the SSL certificate and key file paths. Additionally, the ssl_certchain option was never added to the admin-only set at all. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev97.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.8 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
pyloadpyload	< 0.5.0b3.dev97Affected

References

https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-ppvx-rwh9-7rj7

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