VDB
CVE-2023-46121
CVE-2023-46121
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5 MEDIUM
yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes. The Generic Extractor in yt-dlp is vulnerable to an attacker setting an arbitrary proxy for a request to an arbitrary url, allowing the attacker to MITM the request made from yt-dlp's HTTP session. This could lead to cookie exfiltration in some cases. Version 2023.11.14 removed the ability to smuggle `http_headers` to the Generic extractor, as well as other extractors that use the same pattern. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable the Ggneric extractor (or only pass trusted sites with trusted content) and ake caution when using `--no-check-certificate`.
EPSS 0.32% · 23.8th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score
0.32%
23.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| yt-dlp | yt-dlp | >= 2022.10.04, < 2023.11.14, >= 2022.10.04, < 2023.11.14 |
| yt-dlp_project | yt-dlp | 2022.10.04, 2022.10.04 |
| PyPI | yt-dlp | 2022.10.04, 2022.10.04 |
Timeline
- Nov 14, 2023 CVE Published
- Nov 15, 2023 EPSS Score
- Dec 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jan 16, 2024 EPSS Score
- Feb 16, 2024 EPSS Score
- Mar 18, 2024 EPSS Score
- Apr 17, 2024 EPSS Score
- May 18, 2024 EPSS Score
- Jun 18, 2024 EPSS Score
- Jul 19, 2024 EPSS Score
- Aug 19, 2024 EPSS Score
- Sep 19, 2024 EPSS Score
References
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f04b5bedad7b281bee9814686bba1762bae092eb fix
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2023.11.14 fix
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-3ch3-jhc6-5r8x url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46121 advisory
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp package