CVE-2026-93371

A security vulnerability has been detected in marcopiovanello yt-dlp-web-ui up to v4. This issue affects the function NewGenericDownload of the file server/internal/downloaders/generic.go. Such manipulation of the argument params leads to command injection. It is possible to launch the attack...

CVE-2026-93371 marcopiovanello yt-dlp-web-ui generic.go NewGenericDownload command injection

A security vulnerability has been detected in marcopiovanello yt-dlp-web-ui up to v4. This issue affects the function NewGenericDownload of the file server/internal/downloaders/generic.go. Such manipulation of the argument params leads to command injection. It is possible to launch the attack...

EUVD-2026-82640

A security vulnerability has been detected in marcopiovanello yt-dlp-web-ui up to v4. This issue affects the function NewGenericDownload of the file server/internal/downloaders/generic.go. Such manipulation of the argument params leads to command injection. It is possible to launch the attack...

CVE-2026-93371

A command injection vulnerability exists in marcopiovanello/yt-dlp-web-ui up to v4 , specifically in the NewGenericDownload function within server/internal/downloaders/generic.go. Manipulation of the params argument allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands with no u...

CVE-2026-26331

Arbitrary Command Injection via --netrc-cmd in yt-dlp Severity: High CVSS 8.8 Affected Software: yt-dlp = 2023.06.21, Patched In: 2026.02.21 Advisory: GHSA-g3gw-q23r-pgqm CVE: CVE-2026-26331 Summary yt-dlp’s --netrc-cmd command-line option or netrccmd Python API parameter can be abused to achieve...

CVE-2026-79792

zackees transcribe-anything up to version 4.1.0 is affected by an OS command injection in the ytdlp_download function within src/transcribe_anything/ytldp_download.py (component: Yt-dlp Download). The flaw is triggered by manipulating the url argument, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitr...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-71212

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - xidown a yt-dlp/ffmpeg GUI wrapper builds its yt-dlp command-line invocation xidown/core/scanner.py and downloader.py by appending the user-provided or scanned...

CVE-2026-71212

xidown a yt-dlp/ffmpeg GUI wrapper builds its yt-dlp command-line invocation xidown/core/scanner.py and downloader.py by appending the user-provided or scanned URL as a bare trailing positional argument, with no '--' end-of-options marker and no scheme validation anywhere in the codebase...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-71212

xidown a yt-dlp/ffmpeg GUI wrapper builds its yt-dlp command-line invocation xidown/core/scanner.py and downloader.py by appending the user-provided or scanned URL as a bare trailing positional argument, with no '--' end-of-options marker and no scheme validation anywhere in the codebase...

CVE-2026-71212 xidown - Argument Injection via Unterminated yt-dlp Command Line Construction

xidown a yt-dlp/ffmpeg GUI wrapper builds its yt-dlp command-line invocation xidown/core/scanner.py and downloader.py by appending the user-provided or scanned URL as a bare trailing positional argument, with no '--' end-of-options marker and no scheme validation anywhere in the codebase...

CVE-2026-71212 xidown - Argument Injection via Unterminated yt-dlp Command Line Construction

xidown a yt-dlp/ffmpeg GUI wrapper builds its yt-dlp command-line invocation xidown/core/scanner.py and downloader.py by appending the user-provided or scanned URL as a bare trailing positional argument, with no '--' end-of-options marker and no scheme validation anywhere in the codebase...

CVE-2026-71212

xidown a yt-dlp/ffmpeg GUI wrapper builds its yt-dlp command-line invocation xidown/core/scanner.py and downloader.py by appending the user-provided or scanned URL as a bare trailing positional argument, with no '--' end-of-options marker and no scheme validation anywhere in the codebase. Because...

CVE-2026-71212

xidown (a yt-dlp/ffmpeg GUI wrapper) constructs its yt-dlp command by appending a user-supplied URL as a bare trailing positional argument, with no end-of-options marker (-- or scheme validation). Because yt-dlp treats any argument starting with '-' as an option, a crafted URL such as -U or --exe...

GHSA-6V4J-43GG-VJ32 yt-dlp: Downstream command injection via improper sanitization of yt-dlp --write-link output

Summary If the --write-link, --write-url-link or --write-desktop-link options are used with yt-dlp, it may produce output that can lead to downstream remote code execution. An attacker can craft a malicious metadata payload to achieve arbitrary command injection in the .url and .desktop shortcut...

yt-dlp: Downstream command injection via improper sanitization of yt-dlp --write-link output

Summary If the --write-link, --write-url-link or --write-desktop-link options are used with yt-dlp, it may produce output that can lead to downstream remote code execution. An attacker can craft a malicious metadata payload to achieve arbitrary command injection in the .url and .desktop shortcut...

Python Library yt-dlp < 2026.7.4 Command Injection

The detected version of the yt-dlp Python package is prior to 2026.7.4. It is, therefore, affected by a command injection vulnerability. yt-dlp and youtube-dl are command-line audio/video downloaders. Prior to 2026.7.4, the --write-link, --write-url-link, and --write-desktop-link options can writ...

PYSEC-2026-3430 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...

PYSEC-2026-3431 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...

PYSEC-2026-3432 yt-dlp: Arbitrary Command Injection when using the `--netrc-cmd` option

Summary When yt-dlp's --netrc-cmd command-line option or netrccmd Python API parameter is used, an attacker could achieve arbitrary command injection on the user's system with a maliciously crafted URL. Impact yt-dlp maintainers assume the impact of this vulnerability to be high for anyone who us...

CVE-2026-55404

A flaw was found in yt-dlp and youtube-dl, command-line tools for downloading audio and video. This vulnerability allows an attacker to inject malicious code into shortcut files .url or .desktop when certain options, such as --write-link, are used. By manipulating the webpageurl or filename...