# yt-dlp: Arbitrary code execution via manifest downloads with aria2c

Advisory record · `GHSA-vx4q-3cr2-7cg2`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-vx4q-3cr2-7cg2` · `CVE-2026-50574` · `PYSEC-2026-3433`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.3 High
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-74](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/74.html)
- **Tags:** [Other injection](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/injection.md)
- **Published:** 16 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 20 Jul 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 16 Jun 2026, 21:13 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `yt-dlp` (PyPI): affected `<2026.6.9`; fixed in `2026.6.9`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.3 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0046, the 40th percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 14:42 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:42 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-vx4q-3cr2-7cg2)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-vx4q-3cr2-7cg2](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vx4q-3cr2-7cg2)
- [OSV: GHSA-vx4q-3cr2-7cg2](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-vx4q-3cr2-7cg2)
- <https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-vx4q-3cr2-7cg2>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50574>
- <https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/25056f0d2d47adbd235a8d422fa62d68d0be2bc2>
- <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/releases/tag/2026.06.09>
- <https://pypi.org/project/yt-dlp>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-vx4q-3cr2-7cg2>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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