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HistoryApr 09, 2024 - 5:22 p.m.

CVE-2024-22423 yt-dlp `--exec` command injection when using `%q` in yt-dlp on Windows

2024-04-0917:22:58
CWE-78
GitHub_M
www.cve.org
4
yt-dlp
cve-2024-22423
command injection
windows
upgrade
patch

8.3 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

77.2%

yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes. The patch that addressed CVE-2023-40581 attempted to prevent RCE when using --exec with %q by replacing double quotes with two double quotes. However, this escaping is not sufficient, and still allows expansion of environment variables. Support for output template expansion in --exec, along with this vulnerable behavior, was added to yt-dlp in version 2021.04.11. yt-dlp version 2024.04.09 fixes this issue by properly escaping %. It replaces them with %%cd:~,%, a variable that expands to nothing, leaving only the leading percent. It is recommended to upgrade yt-dlp to version 2024.04.09 as soon as possible. Also, always be careful when using --exec, because while this specific vulnerability has been patched, using unvalidated input in shell commands is inherently dangerous. For Windows users who are not able to upgrade, avoid using any output template expansion in --exec other than {} (filepath); if expansion in --exec is needed, verify the fields you are using do not contain ", | or &; and/or instead of using --exec, write the info json and load the fields from it instead.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "yt-dlp",
    "product": "yt-dlp",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": ">= 2021.04.11, < 2024.04.09",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]

8.3 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

77.2%