CVE-2026-50019

CVE-2026-50019 affects yt-dlp when curl is used as an external downloader. The root cause is that cookies may be leaked to unintended hosts during HTTP redirects or when download fragments’ host differs from the manifest, because cookies sent via --cookie are not activated unless loaded from a fi...

CVE-2026-50019 yt-dlp: File Downloader cookie leak with curl

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-2026-50019

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: Arbitrary code execution via manifest downloads with aria2c

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

CVE-2026-50574 affects yt-dlp, where using aria2c as an external downloader for fragmented manifests (HLS/DASH) allows an attacker to write arbitrary files by passing insufficiently sanitized input to aria2c. On Windows, this can cause immediate arbitrary code execution; on non-Windows, execution...

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...

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...

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...

[SECURITY] Fedora 44 Update: yt-dlp-2026.06.09-1.fc44

yt-dlp is a command-line program to download videos from many different online video platforms, such as youtube.com. The project is a fork of youtube-dl with additional features and fixes...

Fedora 44 : yt-dlp (2026-bb702c613b)

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-bb702c613b advisory. - Update to 2026.06.09. Fixes rhbz2487407. - Mitigates CVE-2026-50019, CVE-2026-50023, CVE-2026-50574 Tenable has extracted the preceding descriptio...

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...

GHSA-VX4Q-3CR2-7CG2 yt-dlp: Arbitrary code execution via manifest downloads with aria2c

Summary 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 Windows platforms, this can lead to immediate arbitrary code...

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...

GHSA-C6MH-FPJC-4PR3 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...

GHSA-F7J3-774F-RFHJ 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...

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...

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11019-1 python313-yt-dlp-2026.06.09-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the python313-yt-dlp-2026.06.09-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed...

ROOT-APP-PYPI-CVE-2026-26331 CVE-2026-26331 in rootio-yt-dlp - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2026-26331 in the rootio-yt-dlp package for Root:PyPI. Multiple fixed versions available...

GHSA-3H23-7824-PJ8R ArchiveBox Vulnerable to RCE via unvalidated per-crawl config overrides in AddView

The /add/ endpoint AddView in core/views.py accepts a config JSON field that gets merged into the crawl config without validation. This config is exported as environment variables when archive plugins run, allowing injection of arbitrary tool arguments to achieve RCE. When PUBLICADDVIEW=True comm...