Description
pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Versions up to and including 0.5.0b3.dev97 cache `role` and `permission` in the session at login and continues to authorize requests using these cached values, even after an admin changes the user's role/permissions in the database. As a result, an already logged-in user can keep old (revoked) privileges until logout/session expiry, enabling continued privileged actions. This is a core authorization/session-consistency issue and is not resolved by toggling an optional security feature. Commit e95804fb0d06cbb07d2ba380fc494d9ff89b68c1 contains a fix for the issue.
Affected products
pyload: pyload
References3
- github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-66hx-chf7-3332 ExploitVendor Advisory
- github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-66hx-chf7-3332 ExploitVendor Advisory
- github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/e95804fb0d06cbb07d2ba380fc494d9… Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 26 · as of 13 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-613
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