CVE-2026-42312CWE-295CWE-306CWE-863

pyload-ng: non-admin SETTINGS users can disable outbound TLS peer verification

Medium · published May 11, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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 option ("general", "ssl_verify") is not on that allowlist. Any authenticated user with the non-admin SETTINGS permission can set general.ssl_verify = off, and every subsequent outbound pycurl request is made with SSL_VERIFYPEER=0 and SSL_VERIFYHOST=0 — TLS peer and hostname verification are fully disabled. An on-path attacker can then present forged certificates for any hostname pyload fetches. 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00190 · 8.2th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation; CWE-306 · Missing Authentication for Critical Function; CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
Published
2026-05-11T16:32Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 MAY 16:32Z
    pyload-ng: non-admin SETTINGS users can disable outbound TLS peer verification
    cvelistv5