CVSS 3.1
9.6 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2026-50023
Critical (9.6) in yt-dlp project yt-dlp. EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in yt-dlp 2026.6.9.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 51% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-641
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- yt-dlp_project:yt-dlp
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-c6mh-fpjc-4pr3 | PyPI | yt-dlp | <2026.6.9 | 2026.6.9 |
| PYSEC-2026-3430 | PyPI | yt-dlp | <2026.6.9 | 2026.6.9 |