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.
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GHSA-vx4q-3cr2-7cg2 | yt-dlp: Arbitrary code execution via manifest downloads with aria2c |
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| 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. | |
| Title | yt-dlp: Arbitrary code execution via manifest downloads with aria2c | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-74 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-23T17:03:06.173Z
Reserved: 2026-06-04T21:34:34.427Z
Link: CVE-2026-50574
Updated: 2026-06-23T16:59:45.686Z
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