pyLoad has an Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in edit_package()
GHSA-6px9-j4qr-xfjw · CVE-2026-29778 · PYSEC-2026-121
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Description
The edit_package() function implements insufficient sanitization for the pack_folder parameter. The current protection relies on a single-pass string replacement of "../", which can be bypassed using crafted recursive traversal sequences.
Exploitation
An authenticated user with MODIFY permission can bypass the sanitization by submitting a payload such as:pack_folder=..././..././..././tmp
After the single-pass replacement, this becomes:../../../tmp
Because the traversal sequences are not properly validated, the resulting normalized path escapes the intended storage directory and writes files to /tmp or other locations.
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