CVE-2023-0434 — Improper Input Validation in GitHub repository pyload/pyload prior to 0

Improper Input Validation in GitHub repository pyload/pyload prior to 0.5.0b3.dev40.

01What is this vulnerability?

Improper Input Validation in GitHub repository pyload/pyload prior to 0.5.0b3.dev40.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
pyload	pyload/pyload	unspecified

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: 2023-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-02T15:51:41.649Z

09References

• huntr.dev — https://huntr.dev/bounties/7d9332d8-6997-483b-9fb9-bcf2ae01dad4
• github.com — https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/a2b1eb1028f45ac58dea5f58593c1d3db2b4a104