Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting pyload-ng package, versions [,0.5.0b3.dev90)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-PYLOADNG-11343420
  • published31 Jul 2025
  • disclosed30 Jul 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Jul 2025

New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pyload-ng to version 0.5.0b3.dev90 or higher.

Overview

pyload-ng is a The free and open-source Download Manager written in pure Python

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection via improper handling of the add_name parameter in the /json/add_package API endpoint. An attacker can inject arbitrary log entries by submitting input containing newline characters, which are not properly escaped, allowing manipulation of the application's log files.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1