CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-50023

9.6 CRITICAL Published 2026-06-23 Modified 2026-06-26 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-06-23
Last modified
2026-06-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.6 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-641

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• yt-dlp project yt-dlp (< 2026.06.09)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-641 Improper Restriction of Names for Files and Other Resources weakness

References