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SCA: security update for pyload-ng (GHSA-xqpg-92fq-grfg)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 428599

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 pure Python. In version 0.5.0b3.dev89, an
 authenticated path traversal vulnerability exists in the /json/upload endpoint of pyLoad. By manipulating
 the filename of an uploaded file, an attacker can traverse out of the intended upload directory, allowing
 them to write arbitrary files to any location on the system accessible to the pyLoad process. This may
 lead to: Remote Code Execution (RCE), local privilege escalation, system-wide compromise, persistence, and
 backdoors. This is fixed in version 0.5.0b3.dev90. (CVE-2025-54140)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xqpg-92fq-grfg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 428599

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/22/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54140

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-54140

cwe: CWE-22