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1 vulnerability found for by wkentaro

CVE-2026-40491 (GCVE-0-2026-40491)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-18 01:36
Modified
2026-04-20 15:50
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wkentaro gdown Version: < 5.2.2
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