VDB
CVE-2026-26331
CVE-2026-26331
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH
yt-dlp: Arbitrary Command Injection when using the `--netrc-cmd` option
EPSS 0.22% · 44.5th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
8.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.22%
44.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| PyPI | yt-dlp | 2023.06.21, 2023.06.21 |
| yt-dlp | yt-dlp | >= 2023.06.21, < 2026.02.21, >= 2023.06.21, < 2026.02.21 |
| yt-dlp_project | yt-dlp | 2023.06.21, 2023.06.21 |
Timeline
- Feb 23, 2026 CVE Published
- Feb 24, 2026 CVE Updated
- Feb 24, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 24, 2026 PoC Published
- Feb 24, 2026 PoC Published
- Feb 24, 2026 PoC Published
- Feb 25, 2026 PoC Published
- Feb 25, 2026 PoC Published
- Feb 26, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 27, 2026 EPSS Score
- Mar 1, 2026 EPSS Score
- Mar 2, 2026 EPSS Score
References
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2026.02.21 url
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1fbbe29b99dc61375bf6d786f824d9fcf6ea9c1a patch
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-g3gw-q23r-pgqm exploit
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26331 advisory
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp package