GHSA-r9x7-2xmr-v8fw
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Summary: mangadex-downloader vulnerable to unauthorized file reading
Details: ### Impact When using `file:<location>` command and `<location>` is web URL location (http, https). mangadex-downloader will try to open and read a file in local disk if the content from online file is exist-as-a-file in victim computer So far, the app only read the files and not execute it. But still, when someone reading your files without you knowing, it's very scary. ### Proof of Concept (PoC) https://www.mansuf.link/unauthorized-file-read-in-mangadex-downloader-cve-2022-36082/ ### Workarounds Unfortunately, there is no workarounds to make it safe from this issue. But i suggest you double check the url before proceed to download or update to latest version ( >= 1.7.2) ### Patches Fixed in version 1.7.2. Commit patch: https://github.com/mansuf/mangadex-downloader/commit/439cc2825198ebc12b3310c95c39a8c7710c9b42
References: https://github.com/mansuf/mangadex-downloader/security/advisories/GHSA-r9x7-2xmr-v8fw, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36082, https://github.com/mansuf/mangadex-downloader/commit/439cc2825198ebc12b3310c95c39a8c7710c9b42, https://github.com/mansuf/mangadex-downloader, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mangadex-downloader/PYSEC-2022-264.yaml
Affected packages
Package
Name: mangadex-downloader
Purl: pkg:pypi/mangadex-downloader
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
