GHSA-MVWX-582F-56R7 pyload-ng: Incomplete Tar Path Traversal Fix in UnTar._safe_extractall via os.path.commonprefix Bypass

Summary The safeextractall function in src/pyload/plugins/extractors/UnTar.py uses os.path.commonprefix for its path traversal check, which performs character-level string comparison rather than path-level comparison. This allows a specially crafted tar archive to write files outside the intended...

CVE-2026-35592

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev97, the safeextractall function in src/pyload/plugins/extractors/UnTar.py uses os.path.commonprefix for its path traversal check, which performs character-level string comparison rather than path-level...

CVE-2026-35592 pyLoad has an Incomplete Tar Path Traversal Fix in UnTar._safe_extractall via os.path.commonprefix Bypass

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev97, the safeextractall function in src/pyload/plugins/extractors/UnTar.py uses os.path.commonprefix for its path traversal check, which performs character-level string comparison rather than path-level...