pyLoad: Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal during Encrypted 7z Password Verification

Description

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Versions before 0.5.0b3.dev97 are vulnerable to path traversal during password verification of certain encrypted 7z archives (encrypted files with non-encrypted headers), causing arbitrary file deletion outside of the extraction directory. During password verification, pyLoad derives an archive entry name from 7z listing output and treats it as a filesystem path without constraining it to the extraction directory. This issue has been fixed in version 0.5.0b3.dev97.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.

Weakness

• CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs

Affected products

• pyload · pyload

  • affected >= 0.4.9-6262-g2fa0b11d3, < 0.5.0b3.dev97

References (1)

• https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-7g4m-8hx2-4qh3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2026-32808](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2026-32808.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2026-32808)

Record last updated 25 Mar 2026, 14:29 UTC.