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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.5 Medium

CVE-2026-40491

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

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

wkentaro gdown

  • < 5.2.2affected

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