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CVE-2026-33992· NVD / CVE Program· CNA GitHub_M

pyLoad: Server-Side Request Forgery via Download Link Submission Enables Cloud Metadata Exfiltration

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to version 0.5.0b3.dev97, PyLoad's download engine accepts arbitrary URLs without validation, enabling Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks. An authenticated attacker can exploit this to access internal network services and exfiltrate cloud provider metadata. On DigitalOcean droplets, this exposes sensitive infrastructure data including droplet ID, network configuration, region, authentication keys, and SSH keys configured in user-data/cloud-init. Version 0.5.0b3.dev97 contains a patch.

CriticalCVSS 9.3 · v4.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Mar 27, 2026
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 37th percentile
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Action score

37

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · GitHub_M
9.3
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
pyloadpyload

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • pyload pyload0.5.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • pyload pyload

    • < 0.5.0b3.dev97affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
PyPIpyload-ngup to and including 0.5.0b3.dev96—

Same product

pyload: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-0297Code Injection in pyload/pyload
    68This week
  • CVE-2024-21644pyLoad unauthenticated flask configuration leakage
    43Plan
  • CVE-2025-53890pyLoad vulnerable to remote code execution through js2py onCaptchaResult
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2023-0435Excessive Attack Surface in pyload/pyload
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-41133pyLoad has Stale Session Privilege After Role/Permission Change (Privilege Revocation Bypass)
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-33511pyload-ng: Authentication Bypass via Host Header Injection in ClickNLoad
    35Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-4656162 days apartpyLoad: SSRF via HTTP Redirect Bypass in parse_urls API
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2026-48737172 days apartpyLoad: SSRF guard bypass via IPv6 6to4/NAT64 transition wrappers of internal IPs
    19Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

  • CVE-2026-335113 days apartpyload-ng: Authentication Bypass via Host Header Injection in ClickNLoad
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-4422645 days apartpyLoad: Unauthenticated traceback disclosure via global exception handler in WebUI
    21Monitor

Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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