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ALT-PU-2025-16679-1

Package update yt-dlp in branch sisyphus

Version2025.08.22-alt1
Published2025-08-27
Max severityHIGH
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Closed issues (1)

CVE-2025-54072
HIGH8.1

yt-dlp is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader. In versions 2025.06.25 and below, when the --exec option is used on Windows with the default placeholder (or {}), insufficient sanitization is applied to the expanded filepath, allowing for remote code execution. This is a bypass of the mitigation for CVE-2024-22423 where the default placeholder and {} were not covered by the new escaping rules. Windows users who are unable to upgrade should avoid using --exec altogether. Instead, the --write-info-json or --dump-json options could be used, with an external script or command line consuming the JSON output. This is fixed in version 2025.07.21.

Published: 2025-07-22Modified: 2025-10-09
CVSS 3.xHIGH 8.1
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H