Is CVE-2026-35463 actively exploited?

No active exploitation of CVE-2026-35463 has been confirmed so far. Continue monitoring, as exploit status can change.

Can CVE-2026-35463 be exploited remotely?

Yes. CVE-2026-35463 is exploitable remotely over the network (CVSS attack vector: Network).

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-35463?

CVE-2026-35463 has a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH).

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HIGH

CVE-2026-35463

CWE-78Published: April 7, 2026· Updated: Apr 8, 2026

8.8

CVSS v3.1

EPSS:0.26%probability of exploitation in 30 daysPercentile:49.4th

Official Description

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. In 0.5.0b3.dev96 and earlier, the ADMIN_ONLY_OPTIONS protection mechanism restricts security-critical configuration values (reconnect scripts, SSL certs, proxy credentials) to admin-only access. However, this protection is only applied to core config options, not to plugin config options. The AntiVirus plugin stores an executable path (avfile) in its config, which is passed directly to subprocess.Popen(). A non-admin user with SETTINGS permission can change this path to achieve remote code execution.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2026-35463 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.

Exploitation requires low privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.

A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 8.8.