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Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published May 7, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-29488

CVE-2021-29488

Description

SABnzbd is an open source binary newsreader. A vulnerability was discovered in SABnzbd that could trick the filesystem.renamer() function into writing downloaded files outside the configured Download Folder via malicious PAR2 files. A patch was released as part of SABnzbd 3.2.1RC1. As a workaround, limit downloads to NZBs without PAR2 files, deny write permissions to the SABnzbd process outside areas it must access to perform its job, or update to a fixed version.

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Affected products

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  • sabnzbd/SABnzbd3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:sabnzbd:sabnzbd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:sabnzbd:sabnzbd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <3.0.0
    • (no CPE)range: <3.2.1RC1
    • (no CPE)range: < 3.2.1

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