CVE-2026-35463CWE-78

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

High · published April 7, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
59.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00905 · 59.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Published
2026-04-07T14:32Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 APR 14:32Z
    pyLoad has Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
    cvelistv5