What is CVE-2026-35592?

CVE-2026-35592 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pyload, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-35592?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Pyload

CVE-2026-35592

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev97, the _safe_extractall() function in src/pyload/plugins/extractors/UnTar.py uses os.path.commonprefix() for its path traversal check, which performs…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.001 (18.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Pyload — versions < 0.5.0b3.dev97

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-mvwx-582f-56r7 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-35592?: CVE-2026-35592 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pyload, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-35592?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.