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AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV N L N R C H H H 9.6 .0062 47.0 —
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed yt-dlp < 2026.06.09 – —
TIMELINE Jun 2 Reserved by GitHub_M Jun 23 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-50023 (yt-dlp). Public exploit reference added. Jun 23 Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
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.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| June 2, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by GitHub_M |
| June 23, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-50023 (yt-dlp). Public exploit reference added. |
| June 23, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: GitHub_M) |
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yt-dlp | yt-dlp | — | < 2026.06.09 | — |
Authoritative record: CVE-2026-50023 at cve.org
Vendors: yt-dlp
Weaknesses: CWE-641
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