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CVE-2024-21645: pyLoad Log Injection

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 24.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

pyLoad is the free and open-source Download Manager written in pure Python. A log injection vulnerability was identified in `pyload` allowing any unauthenticated actor to inject arbitrary messages into the logs gathered by `pyload`. Forged or otherwise, corrupted log files can be used to cover an attacker’s tracks or even to implicate another party in the commission of a malicious act. This vulnerability has been patched in version 0.5.0b3.dev77.

Affected products

• pyload/pyload: through 0.4.9; 0.5.0-beta1, 0.5.0-beta2

References

• https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/4159a1191ec4fe6d927e57a9c4bb8f54e16c381d
• https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-ghmw-rwh8-6qmr
• https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/4159a1191ec4fe6d927e57a9c4bb8f54e16c381d
• https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-ghmw-rwh8-6qmr

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