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SCA: security update for pyload-ng (GHSA-ccxc-x975-4hh9)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 441076

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, the
 set_config_value() API method (@permission(Perms.SETTINGS)) in src/pyload/core/api/__init__.py gates
 security-sensitive options behind a hand-maintained allowlist ADMIN_ONLY_CORE_OPTIONS. The option
 ("general", "ssl_verify") is not on that allowlist. Any authenticated user with the non-admin SETTINGS
 permission can set general.ssl_verify = off, and every subsequent outbound pycurl request is made with
 SSL_VERIFYPEER=0 and SSL_VERIFYHOST=0 — TLS peer and hostname verification are fully disabled. An on-path
 attacker can then present forged certificates for any hostname pyload fetches. This is a direct
 continuation of the fix family CVE-2026-33509 / CVE-2026-35463 / CVE-2026-35464 / CVE-2026-35586, each of
 which patched a different missed option in the same allowlist. This vulnerability is fixed in
 0.5.0b3.dev100. (CVE-2026-42312)

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-ccxc-x975-4hh9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 441076

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/5/2026

Updated: 6/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

Percentile: 96.8

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42312

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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: 5/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42312