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CVE-2026-40491

gdown Affected by Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in gdown.extractall

CVSS 6.5 MEDIUMEPSS 0.6%CWE-22
Vexday Risk Score
13Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 6.5EPSS 0.6%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch
Lifecycle
18 Apr 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
gdown is a Google Drive public file/folder downloader. Versions prior to 5.2.2 are vulnerable to a Path Traversal attack within the extractall functionality. When extracting a maliciously crafted ZIP or TAR archive, the library fails to sanitize or validate the filenames of the archive members. This allow files to be written outside the intended destination directory, potentially leading to arbitrary file overwrite and Remote Code Execution (RCE). Version 5.2.2 contains a fix.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected products
wkentaro · gdown