yt-dlp: `--exec` command injection when using `%q` in yt-dlp on Windows (Bypass of CVE-2023-40581)

Summary 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, alo...

CVE-2024-22423

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...

CVE-2024-22423

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...

CVE-2024-22423

VULNERABILITY DETAIL: CVE-2024-22423 affects yt-dlp where output template expansion in --exec (previously vulnerable with %q) could lead to remote command execution via environment-variable expansion. Root cause: insufficient escaping of % characters in Windows command lines, despite earlier fixe...

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

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...

CVE-2024-22423

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...

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

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...

CVE-2024-22423

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...

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

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...

yt-dlp 安全漏洞

yt-dlp is based on the youtube-dl branch of the now inactive youtube-dlc. A security vulnerability exists in yt-dlp that stems from not properly escaping special characters, resulting in a remote code execution vulnerability...

Guide: On-Prem is Dead. Have You Adjusted Your Web DLP Plan?

As the shift of IT infrastructure to cloud-based solutions celebrates its 10-year anniversary, it becomes clear that traditional on-premises approaches to data security are becoming obsolete. Rather than protecting the endpoint, DLP solutions need to refocus their efforts to where corporate data...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for yt (openSUSE-SU-2023:0374-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Perfecting the Defense-in-Depth Strategy with Automation

Medieval castles stood as impregnable fortresses for centuries, thanks to their meticulous design. Fast forward to the digital age, and this medieval wisdom still echoes in cybersecurity. Like castles with strategic layouts to withstand attacks, the Defense-in-Depth strategy is the modern...

CVE-2024-23617

The CVE-2024-23617 vulnerability affects Symantec Data Loss Prevention ≤ 14.0.2. A buffer overflow in the affected component allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to achieve code execution by convincing a user to open a crafted document. Public impact details are provided in multiple sources ...

openSUSE 15 Security Update : yt-dlp (openSUSE-SU-2023:0374-1)

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2023:0374-1 advisory. - yt-dlp is a command-line program to download videos from video sites. During file downloads, yt-dlp or the external downloaders that yt-dlp...

Security update for yt-dlp (moderate)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for yt-dlp Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2023:0374-1 Rating: moderate References: 1213124 1216467 Cross-References: CVE-2023-35934 CVE-2023-46121 CVSS scores: CVE-2023-35934 NVD : 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Affected Products: openSUSE...

africanwhisper (=0.2.8), basketcase (>=1.0.5 <=3.1.1) +22 more potentially affected by CVE-2023-46121 via yt-dlp (>=2022.10.4 <=2023.10.7)

yt-dlp PYPI version =2022.10.4, =1.0.5, =0.3.0, =0.1.2, =0.3.1, =0.4.0, =0.7.0, =0.9.42, =0.14.0, =4.0.0, =1.0.5, =2022.12.4, =2023.4.15 and more Source cves: CVE-2023-46121 Source advisory: OSV:GHSA-3CH3-JHC6-5R8X...

HTTP Request Smuggling

yt-dlp is vulnerable to HTTP Request Smuggling. The vulnerability is due to realextract function in generic.py file there is no validation and sanitization of httpheaders included through the URL. This allows an attacker to setting an arbitrary proxy for a request to an arbitrary url, can...

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46121

yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes. The Generic Extractor in yt-dlp is vulnerable to an attacker setting an arbitrary proxy for a request to an arbitrary url, allowing the attacker to MITM the request made from yt-dlp's HTTP session. This could lead to cookie...

CVE-2023-46121

yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes. The Generic Extractor in yt-dlp is vulnerable to an attacker setting an arbitrary proxy for a request to an arbitrary url, allowing the attacker to MITM the request made from yt-dlp's HTTP session. This could lead to cookie...