CVE-2022-36082 — mangadex-downloader is a command-line tool to download manga from MangaDex

mangadex-downloader is a command-line tool to download manga from MangaDex. When using `file:<location>` command and `<location>` is a web URL location (http, https), mangadex-downloader between versions 1.3.0 and 1.7.2 will try to open and read a file in local disk f

01What is this vulnerability?

mangadex-downloader is a command-line tool to download manga from MangaDex. When using `file:<location>` command and `<location>` is a web URL location (http, https), mangadex-downloader between versions 1.3.0 and 1.7.2 will try to open and read a file in local disk for each line of website contents. Version 1.7.2 contains a patch for this issue.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
mansuf	mangadex	downloader — >= 1.3.0, < 1.7.2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-09-07T21:35:09.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-23T17:13:31.228Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/mansuf/mangadex-downloader/security/advisories/GHSA-r9x7-2xmr…
• github.com — https://github.com/mansuf/mangadex-downloader/commit/439cc2825198ebc12b3310c95c3…