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SCA: security update for pyload-ng (GHSA-97r3-5w84-r4q8)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441221

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev100, package
 folder names are sanitized using insufficient string replacement. The pattern ....// becomes .._ after
 replacement (partial removal), leaving .. which can be exploited when the path is later resolved by the
 OS. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev100. (CVE-2026-42314)

Solution

Update the pyload-ng library and its related packages to version 0.5.0b3.dev100 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-97r3-5w84-r4q8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 441221

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/6/2026

Updated: 6/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.68

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42314

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42314

cwe: CWE-22