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Advisory details: pypa / pyload-ng/PYSEC-2026-123
Advisory ID pypa/pyload-ng/PYSEC-2026-123
Aliases CVE-2026-35586
GHSA-ppvx-rwh9-7rj7
PYSEC-2026-123
Summary pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev97, the ADMIN_ONLY_CORE_OPTIONS authorization set in set_config_value() uses incorrect option names ssl_cert and ssl_key, while the actual configuration option names are ssl_certfile and ssl_keyfile. This name mismatch causes the admin-only check to always evaluate to False, allowing any user with SETTINGS permission to overwrite the SSL certificate and key file paths. Additionally, the ssl_certchain option was never added to the admin-only set at all. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev97.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.1
Risk 3.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 6.8 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/pyload-ng/PYSEC-2026-123.yaml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-ppvx-rwh9-7rj7
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/pyload-ng/PYSEC-2026-123.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-04-07T18:16:06Z/

Decision: Track*

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/35xxx/CVE-2026-35586.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2026-35586

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'poc'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'total'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]