CVE-2026-50023 yt-dlp: Dangerous file type creation via insufficient filename sanitization (Bypass of CVE-2024-38519)

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...

CVE-2026-50023 yt-dlp: Dangerous file type creation via insufficient filename sanitization (Bypass of CVE-2024-38519)

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...