DEBIAN-CVE-2026-50023

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 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

CVE-2026-50023 affects yt-dlp. Before 2026-06-09, an issue allowed remote attackers to write arbitrary OS-shortcut files (e.g., .desktop, .url, .webloc) via the --write-link option by exploiting unsafe extensions that were on the allowlist, bypassing the prior CVE-2024-38519 remediation. This cou...

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

Summary 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. Details The fix for CVE-2024-38519 enforced an allowlist for file extensions, in orde...

CVE-2021-23342

The CVE-2021-23342 entry concerns docsify before version 4.12.0, where a bypass of CVE-2020-7680 allows cross-site scripting. The vulnerability arises because HTML sanitization performed for remote URLs on the main page is not applied in the sidebar, and the isURL external check can be bypassed b...