CVE-2026-50023
yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Prior to 2026.06.09, ...
Severity by source
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by GHSA (high).
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 packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian 12 | yt-dlp | no fix listed |
| debian 13 | yt-dlp | no fix listed |
| debian 14 | yt-dlp | 2026.06.09-1 |
| echo | yt-dlp | no fix listed |
| pip::GitHub Security Advisory pip | yt-dlp | 2026.6.9 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.20 | yt-dlp | 2026.06.09-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.21 | yt-dlp | 2026.06.09-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.22 | yt-dlp | 2026.06.09-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.23 | yt-dlp | 2026.06.09-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.24 | yt-dlp | 2026.06.09-r0 |
| rapidfort debian 12 | yt-dlp | 0:2026.06.09-1 |
| rapidfort debian 13 | yt-dlp | 0:2026.06.09-1 |
Show all 21 entries from 16 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian 12 | yt-dlp | no fix listed |
| debian 13 | yt-dlp | no fix listed |
| debian 14 | yt-dlp | 2026.06.09-1 |
| echo | yt-dlp | no fix listed |
| pip::GitHub Security Advisory pip | yt-dlp | 2026.6.9 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.20 | yt-dlp | 2026.06.09-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.21 | yt-dlp | 2026.06.09-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.22 | yt-dlp | 2026.06.09-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.23 | yt-dlp | 2026.06.09-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.24 | yt-dlp | 2026.06.09-r0 |
| rapidfort debian 12 | yt-dlp | 0:2026.06.09-1 |
| rapidfort debian 13 | yt-dlp | 0:2026.06.09-1 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | yt-dlp | 2026.06.09-1.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | yt-dlp+default | 2026.06.09-1.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | yt-dlp+secretstorage | 2026.06.09-1.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | yt-dlp-bash-completion | 2026.06.09-1.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | yt-dlp-fish-completion | 2026.06.09-1.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | yt-dlp-zsh-completion | 2026.06.09-1.fc43 |
| rapidfort ubuntu 20.04 | yt-dlp | 0:2026.06.09-1 |
| rapidfort ubuntu 22.04 | yt-dlp | 0:2026.06.09-1 |
| rapidfort ubuntu 24.04 | yt-dlp | 0:2026.06.09-1 |
References
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c6mh-fpjc-4pr3
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/yt-dlp/PYSEC-2026-3430.yaml
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/tag/2026.06.09.230517
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e578e265f7c6ca94a74b30e0d8d6196a4d19fb6a
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2026.06.09
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-c6mh-fpjc-4pr3
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38519