pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Versions before 0.5.0b3.dev97 are vulnerable to path traversal during password verification of certain encrypted 7z archives (encrypted files with non-encrypted headers), causing arbitrary file deletion outside of the extraction directory. During password verification, pyLoad derives an archive entry name from 7z listing output and treats it as a filesystem path without constraining it to the extraction directory. This issue has been fixed in version 0.5.0b3.dev97.

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Description pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Versions before 0.5.0b3.dev97 are vulnerable to path traversal during password verification of certain encrypted 7z archives (encrypted files with non-encrypted headers), causing arbitrary file deletion outside of the extraction directory. During password verification, pyLoad derives an archive entry name from 7z listing output and treats it as a filesystem path without constraining it to the extraction directory. This issue has been fixed in version 0.5.0b3.dev97.
Title pyLoad: Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal during Encrypted 7z Password Verification
Weaknesses CWE-22
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2026-03-20T01:45:57.970Z

Reserved: 2026-03-16T17:35:36.695Z

Link: CVE-2026-32808

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-20T02:16:34.683

Modified: 2026-03-20T02:16:34.683

Link: CVE-2026-32808

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