CVE-2026-35463
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.
Published:Apr 7, 2026
Last Modified:Apr 24, 2026
EPS:Apr 7, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00103
CVSS Score:8.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Pyload
Product
Pyload
Pyload
Pyload
Vendor
Pyload-ng Project
Product
Pyload-ng
Pyload-ng Project
Pyload-ng
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
