CVE 6.5 MEDIUM

gdown Affected by Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in gdown.extractall_CVE-2026-40491

6.5 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-40491
Source GitHub_M
Published Apr 18, 2026 at 01:36

Affected Product

Vendor wkentaro
Product gdown
Version < 5.2.2
Affected Versions wkentaro gdown < 5.2.2

CWE Classification

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