CVE-2026-29778 pyLoad: Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in edit_package()

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. From version 0.5.0b3.dev13 to 0.5.0b3.dev96, the editpackage function implements insufficient sanitization for the packfolder parameter. The current protection relies on a single-pass string replacement of "../", which can be...

CVE-2026-29778 pyLoad: Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in edit_package()

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. From version 0.5.0b3.dev13 to 0.5.0b3.dev96, the editpackage function implements insufficient sanitization for the packfolder parameter. The current protection relies on a single-pass string replacement of "../", which can be...

Path Traversal

pyloadng is vulnerable to Path Traversal. The vulnerability is due to the editpackage function in jsonblueprint.py because it lacks the ability to filter some relative paths. This allows an attacker to upload a payload with ../ or ..\ as part of the packfolder name. This can lead to directory...