Upstream information

CVE-2026-50574 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (GitHub) National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 8.3 9.6
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity High Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required Required
Scope Changed Changed
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1268521 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Leap 16.0
  • python313-yt-dlp >= 2026.06.09-bp160.1.1
  • yt-dlp >= 2026.06.09-bp160.1.1
  • yt-dlp-youtube-dl >= 2026.06.09-bp160.1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Leap-16.0-packagehub-358
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • python313-yt-dlp >= 2026.06.09-1.1
  • yt-dlp >= 2026.06.09-1.1
  • yt-dlp-youtube-dl >= 2026.06.09-1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2026-11019


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sat Jun 13 11:35:26 2026
CVE page last modified: Tue Jun 30 13:06:20 2026