CVE-2025-54072

yt-dlp is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader. In versions 2025.06.25 and below, when the --exec option is used on Windows with the default placeholder or , insufficient sanitization is applied to the expanded filepath, allowing for remote code execution. This is a bypass of the...

CVE-2025-54072 yt-dlp allows `--exec` command injection when using placeholder on Windows

yt-dlp is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader. In versions 2025.06.25 and below, when the --exec option is used on Windows with the default placeholder or , insufficient sanitization is applied to the expanded filepath, allowing for remote code execution. This is a bypass of the...

CVE-2025-54072 yt-dlp allows `--exec` command injection when using placeholder on Windows

yt-dlp is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader. In versions 2025.06.25 and below, when the --exec option is used on Windows with the default placeholder or , insufficient sanitization is applied to the expanded filepath, allowing for remote code execution. This is a bypass of the...

CVE-2025-54072 yt-dlp allows `--exec` command injection when using placeholder on Windows

yt-dlp is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader. In versions 2025.06.25 and below, when the --exec option is used on Windows with the default placeholder or , insufficient sanitization is applied to the expanded filepath, allowing for remote code execution. This is a bypass of the...