High 8.3Published Jun 23, 2026

CVE-2026-50023yt-dlp: Dangerous file type creation via insufficient filename sanitization (Bypass of CVE-2024-38519)

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 11:00 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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: 8.3 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jun 25, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

yt-dlp yt-dlp yt_dlp:yt_dlp (from the name)	before 2026.06.09	CNA record
yt-dlp_project yt-dlp yt-dlp_project:yt-dlp	before 2026.06.09	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-c6mh-fpjc-4pr3	x-refsource-confirm, exploit, mitigation, patch, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e578e265f7c6ca94a74b30e0d8d6196a4d19fb6a	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/tag/2026.06.09.230517	x-refsource-misc, product, release-notes
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2026.06.09	x-refsource-misc, product, release-notes

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