pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev101, the API `rpc` function in `api_blueprint.py` handles `multipart/form-data` uploads by reading the whole content of the uploaded file into memory with `file.read()`. This occurs before the data is sent to the underlying function. Since there is no size limit set at this point, a large file upload can exhaust the server's available memory which led to process termination. Version 0.5.0b3.dev101 contains a patch.
Advisories
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-vq8p-m3wm-gv5f | pyLoad: Lack of Input Size Validation Leads to Denial of Service (DoS) and Process Termination |
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History
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Pyload
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| Description | pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev101, the API `rpc` function in `api_blueprint.py` handles `multipart/form-data` uploads by reading the whole content of the uploaded file into memory with `file.read()`. This occurs before the data is sent to the underlying function. Since there is no size limit set at this point, a large file upload can exhaust the server's available memory which led to process termination. Version 0.5.0b3.dev101 contains a patch. | |
| Title | pyLoad: Lack of Input Size Validation Leads to Denial of Service (DoS) and Process Termination | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-20 CWE-400 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-09T16:26:37.728Z
Reserved: 2026-05-21T15:33:08.291Z
Link: CVE-2026-48484
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-10-09T17:16:47.487
Modified: 2026-10-09T17:16:47.663
Link: CVE-2026-48484
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-09T17:30:08Z
Github GHSA