MGASA-2026-0234 Updated yt-dlp packages fix security vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-50019 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. CVE-2026-50023 A vulnerability exists in yt-dlp that allows a remote attacker to write...

CVE-2026-50019

CVE-2026-50019 affects yt-dlp when curl is used as an external downloader. The root cause is that cookies may be leaked to unintended hosts during HTTP redirects or when download fragments’ host differs from the manifest, because cookies sent via --cookie are not activated unless loaded from a fi...

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...

ClickFix finds a new way to infect Macs

ClickFix campaigns are looking for alternatives now that many Mac users have been made aware of the dangers of pasting certain commands into Terminal. Researchers found that ClickFix has kept the same social engineering playbook but completely sidestepped Terminal by using the applescript:// URL...

Fedora 42 : composer (2026-13b4dbe546)

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-13b4dbe546 advisory. Version 2.9.3 - 2025-12-30 Security: Fixed ANSI sequence injection GHSA-59pp-r3rg-353g / CVE-2025-67746 Fixed COMPOSERNOSECURITYBLOCKING env var not being...