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PYSEC-2026-2066 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...
GHSA-69QJ-PVH9-C5WG yt-dlp: Arbitrary command injection possible if --exec option used with yt-dlp
Summary yt-dlp's --exec option is vulnerable to arbitrary command injection when handling untrusted metadata if the argument uses standard string formatting e.g. %titles or other unsafe conversions. An attacker could achieve remote code execution on the user's machine via maliciously crafted...
SUSE CVE-2026-30892
crun is an open source OCI Container Runtime fully written in C. In versions 1.19 through 1.26, the crun exec option -u --user is incorrectly parsed. The value 1 is interpreted as UID 0 and GID 0 when it should have been UID 1 and GID 0. The process thus runs with higher privileges than expected...
CVE-2026-30892
crun is an open source OCI Container Runtime fully written in C. In versions 1.19 through 1.26, the crun exec option -u --user is incorrectly parsed. The value 1 is interpreted as UID 0 and GID 0 when it should have been UID 1 and GID 0. The process thus runs with higher privileges than expected...
UBUNTU-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...
Code injection
vpn-user-portal aka eduVPN or Let's Connect! before 2.3.14, as packaged for Debian 10, Debian 11, and Fedora, allows remote authenticated users to obtain OS filesystem access, because of the interaction of QR codes with an exec that uses the -r option. This can be leveraged to obtain additional V...