CVE-2026-42315

FAUCET Score

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev100, when passing a folder name in the set_package_data() API function call inside the data object with key "_folder", there is no sanitization at all, allowing a user with Perms.MODIFY to specify arbitrary directories as download locations for a package. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev100.

First published: May 11, 2026Last modified: May 11, 2026

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		< 0.5.0b3.dev100CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:pyload-ng_project:pyload-ng::::::python::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

2.8

Impact Score

5.2

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.40%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

32.1%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 21,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

pippatch availablevia ghsa

Product: pyload-ngFixed in: 0.5.0b3.dev100

github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference

View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-838g-gr43-qqg9high

PyLoad vulnerable to Path Traversal via Package Folder Name in set_package_data

May 5, 2026

References

github.com / pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-838g-gr43-qqg9

ExploitVendor Advisory