Advisory record · GHSA-vx4q-3cr2-7cg2

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

CVSS 8.3 HighEPSS 0.0046 · 40th percentile

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.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
yt-dlpPyPI<2026.6.92026.6.9
Identifiers
GHSA-vx4q-3cr2-7cg2 · CVE-2026-50574 · PYSEC-2026-3433
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-74
Published
16 Jun 2026
Updated
20 Jul 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.3 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H 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

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:42 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:42 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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