pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. From version 0.5.0b3.dev13 to 0.5.0b3.dev96, the edit_package() function implements insufficient sanitization for the pack_folder parameter. The current protection relies on a single-pass string replacement of "../", which can be bypassed using crafted recursive traversal sequences. This issue has been patched in version 0.5.0b3.dev97.
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| Description | pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. From version 0.5.0b3.dev13 to 0.5.0b3.dev96, the edit_package() function implements insufficient sanitization for the pack_folder parameter. The current protection relies on a single-pass string replacement of "../", which can be bypassed using crafted recursive traversal sequences. This issue has been patched in version 0.5.0b3.dev97. | |
| Title | pyLoad: Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in edit_package() | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-23 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-03-07T15:28:36.919Z
Updated: 2026-03-09T18:26:46.896Z
Reserved: 2026-03-04T16:26:02.898Z
Link: CVE-2026-29778
Updated: 2026-03-09T17:52:32.765Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-03-07T16:15:54.800
Modified: 2026-03-09T13:35:07.393
Link: CVE-2026-29778
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