CVE-2026-35463

HIGH

pyLoad has Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

Title source: cna

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 30.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (2)
pyload/pyload <= 0.5.0b3.dev96
pypi/pyload-ng 0PyPI
Published Apr 07, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 07, 2026