Command Injection in yt-dlp - CVE-2024-22423
Published: July 24, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113201
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22423
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: yt-dlp
Affected software:
yt-dlp
yt-dlp
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when using "%q" in "yt-dlp" on Windows. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary commands.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-22423
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/de015e930747165dbb8fcd360f8775fd973b7d6e
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ff07792676f404ffff6ee61b5638c9dc1a33a37a
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2021.04.11
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2024.04.09
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-42h4-v29r-42qg
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-hjq6-52gw-2g7p
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/123335