VDB
CVE-2026-50023
CVE-2026-50023
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.300000190734863 HIGH
yt-dlp: Dangerous file type creation via insufficient filename sanitization (Bypass of CVE-2024-38519)
EPSS 0.66% · 51.7th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
8.300000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.66%
51.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| yt-dlp | yt-dlp | 0 |
| PyPI | yt-dlp | 0 |
Timeline
- Jun 12, 2026 CVE Published
- Jun 24, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
- Jun 24, 2026 Security Advisory
- Aug 7, 2026 EPSS Score
- Aug 8, 2026 Security Advisory
- Aug 24, 2026 EPSS Score
- Aug 26, 2026 EPSS Score
- Aug 28, 2026 EPSS Score
- Aug 30, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2026 EPSS Score
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50023 advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c6mh-fpjc-4pr3 advisory
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-c6mh-fpjc-4pr3 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38519 advisory
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e578e265f7c6ca94a74b30e0d8d6196a4d19fb6a patch
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/tag/2026.06.09.230517 url
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2026.06.09 url
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/yt-dlp/PYSEC-2026-3430.yaml advisory
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp url
- https://pypi.org/project/yt-dlp url