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Fencer Vulns
high 8.3

CVE-2026-42313 json

pyload-ng: non-admin SETTINGS users can redirect all outbound traffic through an attacker-controlled proxy

published 2026-05-04 6 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-29121 , GHSA-pg67-9wjv-mr85 , PYSEC-2026-127

cvss
8.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev100, the set_config_value() API method (@permission(Perms.SETTINGS)) in src/pyload/core/api/__init__.py gates security-sensitive options behind a hand-maintained allowlist ADMIN_ONLY_CORE_OPTIONS. The allowlist contains ("proxy", "username") and ("proxy", "password") — which protect the proxy credentials — but it does not include ("proxy", "enabled"), ("proxy", "host"), ("proxy", "port"), or ("proxy", "type"). Any authenticated user with the non-admin SETTINGS permission can enable proxying and point pyload at any host they control. From that point, every outbound download, captcha fetch, update check, and plugin HTTP call is transparently routed through the attacker. This is a direct continuation of the fix family CVE-2026-33509 / CVE-2026-35463 / CVE-2026-35464 / CVE-2026-35586, each of which patched a different missed option in the same allowlist. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev100.

Patch / fix

  • pypi pyload-ng 0.5.0b3.dev100
  • pyload-ng_project pyload-ng 0.5.0b3.dev100
  • pyload pyload 0.5.0b3.dev100

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
5 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-pg67-9wjv-mr85 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
GitHub 3.1 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
OSV 3.1 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi pyload-ng
<0.5.0b3.dev100
0.5.0b3.dev100

Affected products

  • pyload pyload

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-441 Unintended Proxy or Intermediary
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.