8.3
High
CVE-2026-50574 yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader
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.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| yt-dlp 2026.06 | earliest → < 2026.06.09 | 2026.06.09 |
Other CVEs of yt-dlp
The 11 CVEs of yt-dlp →
CVE-2026-55404
yt-dlp and youtube-dl are command-line audio/video downloaders
7.5
High
CVE-2026-50019
yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader
6.1
Medium
CVE-2026-50023
yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader
8.3
High
CVE-2026-26331
yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader
8.8
High