CVE-2026-50023yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader.
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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 explicitly included the unsafe extensions .desktop, .url, and .webloc so that the functionality of the --write-link option (and its variants) could be preserved. These allowlist inclusions can be exploited by an attacker to write malicious OS-shortcut files in the context of a media or subtitles download. This vulnerability is fixed in 2026.06.09.
- CVSS
- 9.6 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-641
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 26, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
yt-dlp_project yt-dlp yt-dlp_project:yt-dlp | before 2026.06.09 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/tag/2026.06.09.230517product, release-notes
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e578e265f7c6ca94a74b30e0d8d6196a4d19fb6apatch
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2026.06.09product, release-notes
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-c6mh-fpjc-4pr3exploit, mitigation, patch, vendor-advisory
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