CVE-2026-42313CWE-441CWE-863CWE-918

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

High · published May 11, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
31.5
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 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.3 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00386 · 31.5th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-441 · Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy'); CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization; CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Published
2026-05-11T16:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 MAY 16:30Z
    pyload-ng: non-admin SETTINGS users can redirect all outbound traffic through an attacker-controlled proxy
    cvelistv5