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PyLoad vulnerable to unauthenticated traceback disclosure via global exception handler in WebUI

  • Disclosed: 06.05.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 14:18

Summary

pyload-ng WebUI returns full Python traceback details to clients on unhandled exceptions.

Because /web/<path:filename> is reachable without authentication and renders attacker-controlled template names, an unauthenticated user can reliably trigger a server exception (for example by requesting a non-existent template) and receive internal stack traces in the HTTP response.

Details

The issue is caused by the combination of:

  1. Unauthenticated template-render route:
  • src/pyload/webui/app/blueprints/app_blueprint.py:32-36
    • @bp.route("/web/<path:filename>", endpoint="web")
    • data = render_template(filename) with user-controlled filename
    • no @login_required(...) on this route
  1. Global exception handler exposes traceback to response:
  • src/pyload/webui/app/handlers.py:14-27
    • tb = traceback.format_exc()
    • messages.extend(tb.split('\n'))
    • returned in rendered error page for all exceptions
  1. Error page renders all messages:
  • src/pyload/webui/app/themes/modern/templates/base.html:217-219
    • loops over messages and prints them in response HTML

So any unhandled exception can disclose internal implementation details (stack frames, source paths, exception metadata) to remote unauthenticated clients.

This is a core behavior issue in default WebUI error handling

PoC

python
#!/usr/bin/env python3
from __future__ import annotations

import re
import shutil
import tempfile
import traceback
from pathlib import Path


ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "pyload" / "src" / "pyload"


def read_text(rel: str) -> str:
    return (ROOT / rel).read_text(encoding="utf-8")


def route_has_no_login_required(app_blueprint: str) -> bool:
    m = re.search(
        r'@bp\\.route\\("/web/<path:filename>", endpoint="web"\\)\\s*'
        r"def render\\(filename\\):(?P<body>.*?)(?:\\n\\n@bp\\.route|\\Z)",
        app_blueprint,
        re.DOTALL,
    )
    if not m:
        return False
    block_start = max(0, m.start() - 200)
    block = app_blueprint[block_start:m.end()]
    return "@login_required(" not in block


def main() -> None:
    workdir = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="pyload-traceback-infoleak-"))
    try:
        app_blueprint = read_text("webui/app/blueprints/app_blueprint.py")
        handlers = read_text("webui/app/handlers.py")
        base_template = read_text("webui/app/themes/modern/templates/base.html")

        unauth_web_route = '/web/<path:filename>' in app_blueprint and route_has_no_login_required(app_blueprint)
        user_controlled_template_name = "render_template(filename)" in app_blueprint
        handler_uses_traceback = "traceback.format_exc()" in handlers
        handler_appends_trace = "messages.extend(tb.split('\\n'))" in handlers
        global_exception_handler = "(Exception, handle_exception_error)" in handlers
        template_renders_messages = "{% for message in messages %}" in base_template and "{{message}}" in base_template

        leaked_traceback_keyword = False
        leaked_exception_type = False
        try:
            raise RuntimeError("forced-poc-error")
        except Exception:
            tb = traceback.format_exc()
            messages = [f"Error 500: forced-poc-error"]
            messages.extend(tb.split("\\n"))
            joined = "\\n".join(messages)
            leaked_traceback_keyword = "Traceback (most recent call last)" in joined
            leaked_exception_type = "RuntimeError: forced-poc-error" in joined

        repro_success = all(
            [
                unauth_web_route,
                user_controlled_template_name,
                handler_uses_traceback,
                handler_appends_trace,
                global_exception_handler,
                template_renders_messages,
                leaked_traceback_keyword,
                leaked_exception_type,
            ]
        )

        print("unauth_web_route=", unauth_web_route)
        print("user_controlled_template_name=", user_controlled_template_name)
        print("handler_uses_traceback=", handler_uses_traceback)
        print("handler_appends_trace=", handler_appends_trace)
        print("global_exception_handler=", global_exception_handler)
        print("template_renders_messages=", template_renders_messages)
        print("leaked_traceback_keyword=", leaked_traceback_keyword)
        print("leaked_exception_type=", leaked_exception_type)
        print("traceback_infoleak_repro_success=", repro_success)
    finally:
        shutil.rmtree(workdir, ignore_errors=True)
        print("cleanup_done=True")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Observed result:

unauth_web_route= True
user_controlled_template_name= True
handler_uses_traceback= True
handler_appends_trace= True
global_exception_handler= True
template_renders_messages= True
leaked_traceback_keyword= True
leaked_exception_type= True
traceback_infoleak_repro_success= True
cleanup_done=True

Impact

  • Vulnerability type: Information disclosure (stack trace / internal path leakage).
  • Attack surface: unauthenticated WebUI request path.
  • Exposes internal error details that help attackers map application internals and improve exploit reliability for follow-on attacks.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) pyload-ng < 0.5.0b3.dev100 0.5.0b3.dev100

References

CVSS score 5.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-209
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
pyload-ng
Disclosed
06.05.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 14:18

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-2993 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-c3gc-9pf2-84gg - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: pyload-ng

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (58) in the archive
Total entries
58
First → latest
01.2023 10.2026
Without a fix
24
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 9
  • High 23
  • Medium 25
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2023: 9
  2. 2024: 8
  3. 2025: 8
  4. 2026: 33
Severity:
  1. High · 7.5 ghsa-889w-m37p-88m5 >= 0.5.0b3.dev98, <= 0.5.0b3.dev101 no fix
  2. High · 8.1 ghsa-r44w-v6gf-x3p6 < 0.5.0b3.dev101 0.5.0b3.dev101
  3. PyLoad vulnerable to unauthenticated traceback disclosure via global exception handler in WebUI this entry
    Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-44226 < 0.5.0b3.dev100 0.5.0b3.dev100
  4. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-42315 < 0.5.0b3.dev100 0.5.0b3.dev100
  5. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-35463 <= 0.5.0b3.dev96 no fix
  6. High · 7.7 CVE-2026-35187 <= 0.5.0b3.dev96 no fix
  7. High · 7.1 CVE-2026-29778 >= 0.5.0b3.dev13, < 0.5.0b3.dev97 0.5.0b3.dev97
  8. High · 8.1 CVE-2025-61773 < 0.5.0b3.dev91 0.5.0b3.dev91
  9. High CVE-2025-57751 < 0.5.0b3.dev92 0.5.0b3.dev92
  10. High · 7.5 CVE-2025-54140 >= 0.5.0b3.dev89, < 0.5.0b3.dev90 0.5.0b3.dev90
  11. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2025-53890 < 0.20 0.20
  12. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2024-39205 <= 0.5.0b3.dev85 no fix
  13. Critical · 9.1 CVE-2024-32880 <= 0.5.0 no fix
  14. Critical · 9.6 CVE-2024-22416 < 0.5.0b3.dev78 0.5.0b3.dev78
  15. High · 7.5 CVE-2024-21644 < 0.5.0b3.dev77 0.5.0b3.dev77
  16. High · 7.6 CVE-2023-47890 < 0.5.0b3.dev75 0.5.0b3.dev75
  17. High · 7.4 CVE-2023-0509 < 0.5.0b3.dev44 0.5.0b3.dev44
  18. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2023-0435 < 0.5.0b3.dev41 0.5.0b3.dev41
  19. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2023-0297 < 0.5.0b3.dev31 0.5.0b3.dev31

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