CVE-2026-50019 yt-dlp: File Downloader cookie leak with curl

yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. From 2023.09.24 until 2026.06.09, if curl is used as an external downloader for yt-dlp, cookies may be leaked to an unintended host upon HTTP redirect or when the host for download fragments differs from their parent manifest's. At the file downloa...

EUVD-2026-38495

yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Prior to 2026.06.09, if aria2c is used as an external downloader for a fragmented manifest format such as an HLS/DASH stream, yt-dlp passes insufficiently sanitized input to aria2c that allows an attacker to perform an arbitrary file write. On...

CVE-2026-50574

yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Prior to 2026.06.09, if aria2c is used as an external downloader for a fragmented manifest format such as an HLS/DASH stream, yt-dlp passes insufficiently sanitized input to aria2c that allows an attacker to perform an arbitrary file write. On...

CVE-2026-50574 yt-dlp: Arbitrary code execution via manifest downloads with aria2c

yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Prior to 2026.06.09, if aria2c is used as an external downloader for a fragmented manifest format such as an HLS/DASH stream, yt-dlp passes insufficiently sanitized input to aria2c that allows an attacker to perform an arbitrary file write. On...

EUVD-2026-38493

yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Prior to 2026.06.09, a vulnerability exists in yt-dlp that allows a remote attacker to write arbitrary OS-shortcut files such as .desktop, .url, .webloc to the user's filesystem, bypassing the remediation for CVE-2024-38519. The allowlist explicitl...

Malicious npm Packages Pose as PostCSS Tools to Deliver Windows RAT

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of malicious npm packages that are designed to deliver a Windows-based remote access trojan RAT. The list of identified packages, is below - aes-decode-runner-pro 145 downloads postcss-minify-selector 256 downloads postcss-minify-selector-parser 615...

Malicious code in @nullzero/urlcat (npm)

@nullzero/urlcat version 1.4.2, published by [email protected] is a trojanized npm package belonging to the wshu.net credential-stealer campaign. The campaign published trojanized look-alike utility packages across 12+ scopes whose publisher accounts all follow the pattern [email protected], with...

Malicious code in @dexwilt/node-fetch (npm)

The @dexwilt/node-fetch package impersonates the legitimate node-fetch project: its package metadata copies the upstream repository, author, and homepage while publishing under an unrelated scope. Its CommonJS entry point lib/index.js contains the expected node-fetch implementation followed by...

[SECURITY] Fedora 44 Update: yt-dlp-2026.06.09-1.fc44

yt-dlp is a command-line program to download videos from many different online video platforms, such as youtube.com. The project is a fork of youtube-dl with additional features and fixes...

MAL-2026-6214 Malicious code in @chunklab/hexparse (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 56ad779454aa221e4a3d5a13725428059b40edd7cd8a4329ef382348bc493013 Package advertises itself as a small hex/base64/endianness codec library, but every exported encode/decode function encodeHex, decodeHex,...

Operation Endgame Disrupts SocGholish Servers, Cleans 14,971 WordPress Sites

Dutch law enforcement authorities, along with counterparts from Canada , Germany, and the U.S., have disrupted malicious infrastructure associated with SocGholish and cleaned up nearly 15,000 infected WordPress websites. "With these actions we deprive cybercriminals of access to infected computer...

Python Library yt-dlp < 2026.6.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities

The detected version of the yt-dlp Python package is prior to 2026.6.9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - A vulnerability exists in yt-dlp that allows a remote attacker to write arbitrary OS-shortcut files such as .desktop, .url, .webloc to the user's filesystem, bypassing...

MAL-2026-6097 Malicious code in roblox-api-client (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 06fae89087d7a50d6397199d5fe1d5fc925c7c353e72a7f8a84e9aeca08224e6 On npm install, postinstall.js fetches http://betterminecraft.fun/nettspend.bat over plain HTTP, writes it to the OS temp directory, and executes it...

MAL-2026-6076 Malicious code in pystylish (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 3a6a09e52477106b9586e89c2b0207bdc51e6d22dad500b7cc12a424d684c35b On import pystylish, the package's init.py spawns a daemon thread that downloads a Windows executable from https://goy.mikoz.xyz/boh3.exe, writes it ...

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Overview yt-dlp is an A youtube-dl fork with additional features and patches Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component 'Injection' via insufficient sanitization of input passed to the aria2c external...

GHSA-VX4Q-3CR2-7CG2 yt-dlp: Arbitrary code execution via manifest downloads with aria2c

Summary If aria2c is used as an external downloader for a fragmented manifest format such as an HLS/DASH stream, yt-dlp passes insufficiently sanitized input to aria2c that allows an attacker to perform an arbitrary file write. On Windows platforms, this can lead to immediate arbitrary code...

yt-dlp: Arbitrary code execution via manifest downloads with aria2c

Summary If aria2c is used as an external downloader for a fragmented manifest format such as an HLS/DASH stream, yt-dlp passes insufficiently sanitized input to aria2c that allows an attacker to perform an arbitrary file write. On Windows platforms, this can lead to immediate arbitrary code...

Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking

Overview yt-dlp is an A youtube-dl fork with additional features and patches Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking via curl. An attacker can obtain sensitive cookie information by crafting a malicious website that embeds ...

yt-dlp: File Downloader cookie leak with curl

Summary If curl is used an external downloader for yt-dlp, cookies may be leaked to an unintended host upon HTTP redirect or when the host for download fragments differs from their parent manifest's. This is the equivalent to GHSA-v8mc-9377-rwjj for the curl downloader. The vulnerable behavior is...

GHSA-F7J3-774F-RFHJ yt-dlp: File Downloader cookie leak with curl

Summary If curl is used an external downloader for yt-dlp, cookies may be leaked to an unintended host upon HTTP redirect or when the host for download fragments differs from their parent manifest's. This is the equivalent to GHSA-v8mc-9377-rwjj for the curl downloader. The vulnerable behavior is...