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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-13 | Published 2026-04-18 | Updated 2026-04-20 | Assigner GitHub_M




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

Problem types

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Product status

< 5.2.2
affected

References

github.com/.../gdown/security/advisories/GHSA-76hw-p97h-883f

github.com/...ommit/af569fc6ed300b7974dee66dc51e9f01b57b4dff

github.com/wkentaro/gdown/releases/tag/v5.2.2

cve.org (CVE-2026-40491)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-40491)

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