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.
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Description | 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. | |
Title | yt-dlp allows `--exec` command injection when using placeholder on Windows | |
Weaknesses | CWE-78 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2025-07-22T21:34:43.408Z
Updated: 2025-07-23T18:30:06.761Z
Reserved: 2025-07-16T13:22:18.205Z
Link: CVE-2025-54072

Updated: 2025-07-23T18:30:00.764Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-07-22T22:15:37.943
Modified: 2025-07-25T15:29:44.523
Link: CVE-2025-54072

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