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.
Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-m74m-f7cr-432x pyLoad: Server-Side Request Forgery via Download Link Submission Enables Cloud Metadata Exfiltration
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Sat, 28 Mar 2026 03:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title pyLoad: Server-Side Request Forgery via Download Link Submission Enables Cloud Metadata Exfiltration
Weaknesses CWE-918
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-27T22:12:39.606Z

Reserved: 2026-03-24T22:20:06.211Z

Link: CVE-2026-33992

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-27T23:17:14.070

Modified: 2026-03-27T23:17:14.070

Link: CVE-2026-33992

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