gdown — security advisory

{
  "id": "150b0ce33513ae4c00502ac808a083c9ac7bfd484e77a5af1af6f8812d4f386d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40491",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40491",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40491",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "gdown",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "5.2.0+dfsg-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "gdown",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "5.2.1+dfsg-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "6.0.0+dfsg-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "6.1.0+dfsg-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "gdown",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "5.2.0+dfsg-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "5.2.1+dfsg-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/versions"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40491",
      "aliases": [
        "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40491"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        },
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        },
        {
          "type": "Ubuntu",
          "score": "medium"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "gdown",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/gdown?arch=source&distro=questing",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "5.2.0+dfsg-2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40491.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "gdown",
                "binary_version": "5.2.0+dfsg-2"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "gdown",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/gdown?arch=source&distro=stonking",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "5.2.1+dfsg-1",
            "6.0.0+dfsg-1",
            "6.1.0+dfsg-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40491.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "gdown",
                "binary_version": "6.1.0+dfsg-1"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "gdown",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/gdown?arch=source&distro=resolute",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS"
          },
          "versions": [
            "5.2.0+dfsg-2",
            "5.2.1+dfsg-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40491.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "gdown",
                "binary_version": "5.2.1+dfsg-1"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T12:58:53.967832875Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-40491"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-40491",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40491",
        "https://github.com/wkentaro/gdown/security/advisories/GHSA-76hw-p97h-883f"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-40491",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/1/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 359149,
  "published_at": "2026-04-18T03:16:00+00:00"
}