Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting pyload-ng package, versions [,0.5.0b3.dev101)
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- published22 Oct 2026
- disclosed9 Oct 2026
- creditPevinkumar A
Introduced: 9 Oct 2026
NewCVE-2026-48484 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade pyload-ng to version 0.5.0b3.dev101 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 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via the web UI's request handling in src/pyload/webui/app/config.py, which lacks a maximum content length limit. An authenticated attacker can send an arbitrarily large HTTP request body to exhaust server memory or resources, crashing the application.