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

SummaryA 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. DetailsThe fix for CVE-2024-38519 enforced an allowlist for file extensions, in order ...

PT-2026-60041

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...

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-2026-50574

yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Prior to 2026.06.09, if aria2c is used as an external downloader for a fragmented manifest format such as an HLS/DASH stream, yt-dlp passes insufficiently sanitized input to aria2c that allows an attacker to perform an arbitrary file write. On...

CVE-2026-50019

yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. From 2023.09.24 until 2026.06.09, if curl is used as 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. At the file downloa...

CVE-2026-50574

yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Prior to 2026.06.09, if aria2c is used as an external downloader for a fragmented manifest format such as an HLS/DASH stream, yt-dlp passes insufficiently sanitized input to aria2c that allows an attacker to perform an arbitrary file write. On...

EUVD-2026-38495

yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Prior to 2026.06.09, if aria2c is used as an external downloader for a fragmented manifest format such as an HLS/DASH stream, yt-dlp passes insufficiently sanitized input to aria2c that allows an attacker to perform an arbitrary file write. On...

CVE-2026-50574

yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Prior to 2026.06.09, if aria2c is used as an external downloader for a fragmented manifest format such as an HLS/DASH stream, yt-dlp passes insufficiently sanitized input to aria2c that allows an attacker to perform an arbitrary file write. On...

CVE-2026-50023 yt-dlp: Dangerous file type creation via insufficient filename sanitization (Bypass of CVE-2024-38519)

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...

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Overview yt-dlp is an A youtube-dl fork with additional features and patches Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component 'Injection' via insufficient sanitization of input passed to the aria2c external...

SUSE CVE-2026-26331

yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Starting in version 2023.06.21 and prior to version 2026.02.21, 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...

CVE-2026-26331

yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Starting in version 2023.06.21 and prior to version 2026.02.21, 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...

yt-dlp 操作系统命令注入漏洞

yt-dlp is a branch of youtube-dl based on the now-deprecated youtube-dlc. Versions of yt-dlp from 2023.06.21 to 2026.02.21 had an operating system command injection vulnerability. This vulnerability occurred when using the --netrc-cmd command-line option, which might allow command injection,...

Command Injection

Overview yt-dlp is an A youtube-dl fork with additional features and patches Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection in the --netrc-cmd option and netrccmd API parameter, which invoke subprocess.Popen with shell=True. The GetCourseRuIE, TeachableIE, and...

EUVD-2023-2412

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-22423

"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - 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...

Remote Code Execution (RCE)

yt-dlp is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution RCE. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of the --exec placeholder on Windows, allowing crafted file paths to execute arbitrary commands...

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...

PT-2025-30264

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions yt-dlp versions 2025.06.25 and below eslint/plugin-kit version 0.3.3 and earlier Description yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader vulnerable to remote code execution on Windows systems when the --exec option is used with the default...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-35934

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - 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 employs may leak...