GHSA-22fp-mf44-f2mq: youtube-dl

youtube-dl vulnerable to file system modification and RCE through improper file-extension sanitization

CVSS 7.8 High

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 18 Apr 2025, 20:24 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed in
youtube-dl	PyPI	>=2015.01.25, <=2021.12.17	No fixed version yet

Identifiers

GHSA-22fp-mf44-f2mq

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-434 · CWE-669

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	GitHub Advisory Database

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS No score.

Timeline

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Sources

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