pyLoad: Api.set_user_permission never invalidates the target's session — GHSA-889W-M37P-88M5

Summary

### Summary An admin who revokes or downgrades a non-admin user's permissions through pyLoad's own documented `/api/<func>` RPC surface — e.g. `POST /api/set_user_permission` (or its legacy alias `/api/setUserPermission`) — updates the target's database row but never invalidates that user's existing Flask cookie session. The demoted user keeps their pre-revocation `role`/`permission` bits on every subsequent WebUI…

Timeline

Published by source

2026-10-09

Risk context

• Reported severity or threat level: high.
• Reported CVSS score: 7.5 out of 10.
• Review exposure for the affected product or family: pip: pyload-ng.

Product

pip: pyload-ng

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Prioritize patching or mitigation immediately (treat as actively risky).
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source

Evidence and provenance

Canonical advisory ID

GHSA-889W-M37P-88M5

Source

GitHub

Vendor

GitHub

Published by source

2026-10-09

Last source activity

2026-10-09

Curated by

hlukh.ch

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