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GHSA-6jmx-pv77-wm5w CVE-2023-0435 PYSEC-2026-494

Excessive Attack Surface in pyload-ng

Critical PyPI
Severity
9.8 / 10
Critical · CVSS 3.1
Exploit chance (EPSS)
0.73%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 54.14% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-1125 Excessive Attack Surface
Fix
0.5.0b3.dev41
Upgrade pyload-ng to this version or later

Description

Excessive Attack Surface in GitHub repository pyload/pyload prior to 0.5.0b3.dev41.

Affected versions

PyPI

PackageVulnerableFixed in
pyload-ng
< 0.5.0b3.dev41
0.5.0b3.dev41

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

pyload-ng PyPI → 0.5.0b3.dev41

pip
pip install --upgrade "pyload-ng>=0.5.0b3.dev41"
poetry
poetry add "pyload-ng>=0.5.0b3.dev41"
uv
uv add "pyload-ng>=0.5.0b3.dev41"

Severity breakdown

CVSS 3.1 9.8

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

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Weakness

CWE-1125: Excessive Attack Surface

The product has an attack surface whose quantitative measurement exceeds a desirable maximum.

References

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Last updated by the source
  3. Latest EPSS score
AdvisorySeverityWhy it's related
GHSA-68w4-83fh-f2w8
pyload-ng: getUserData/get_userdata exposed at Perms.ANY allow any authenticated account to brute-force the administrator password
High Also affects pyload-ng
GHSA-9q47-3cm2-2rp8
pyLoad: Rate-Limit Bypass and Audit-Log Spoofing via Trusted Client-Controlled `X-Forwarded-For` Header
Medium Also affects pyload-ng
GHSA-jq7h-wrvp-3rgx
pyLoad: Privilege revocation and password change through the REST API do not invalidate the user's session
High Also affects pyload-ng
GHSA-889w-m37p-88m5
pyLoad: Api.set_user_permission never invalidates the target's session
High Also affects pyload-ng
GHSA-p3pr-8f3m-4qp8
pyLoad WindowsPhoneNotify addon: non-admin SETTINGS user triggers SSRF via unguarded http.client notification host
Medium Also affects pyload-ng
GHSA-fr26-jjhm-638c
pyLoad: Tar extraction creates device nodes and FIFOs (member types not filtered; tarfile extractall without filter=)
High Also affects pyload-ng
GHSA-r44w-v6gf-x3p6
pyLoad has an authentication bypass in API key validation (check_apikey cache)
High Also affects pyload-ng
GHSA-j92p-c242-7hfx
pyLoad: Unauthenticated access to /web/<path:filename> bypasses authentication on sensitive templates and leaks internal error details via exception attribute typo
Medium Also affects pyload-ng
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