critical
CVE-2026-50574
yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Prior to 2026.06.09, ...
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA8.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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, 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 execution. On non-Windows platforms, this can lead to arbitrary code execution upon the next invocation of yt-dlp. 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 |
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| 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-vx4q-3cr2-7cg2
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/yt-dlp/PYSEC-2026-3433.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/25056f0d2d47adbd235a8d422fa62d68d0be2bc2
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2026.06.09
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-vx4q-3cr2-7cg2
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50574