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CVE-2022-36082: mangadex-downloader vulnerable to unauthorized file reading

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-09-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

mangadex-downloader is a command-line tool to download manga from MangaDex. When using `file:<location>` command and `<location>` is a web URL location (http, https), mangadex-downloader between versions 1.3.0 and 1.7.2 will try to open and read a file in local disk for each line of website contents. Version 1.7.2 contains a patch for this issue.

Affected products

• mansuf mangadex-downloader: from 1.3.0 before 1.7.2 — fixed in 1.7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: mansuf mangadex-downloader 1.7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/mansuf/mangadex-downloader/commit/439cc2825198ebc12b3310c95c39a8c7710c9b42
• https://github.com/mansuf/mangadex-downloader/security/advisories/GHSA-r9x7-2xmr-v8fw
• https://github.com/mansuf/mangadex-downloader/commit/439cc2825198ebc12b3310c95c39a8c7710c9b42
• https://github.com/mansuf/mangadex-downloader/security/advisories/GHSA-r9x7-2xmr-v8fw

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