OS Command Injection Affecting yt-dlp package, versions <0-r0
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- published23 Jul 2025
- disclosed22 Jul 2025
Introduced: 22 Jul 2025
NewCVE-2025-54072 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.22 yt-dlp to version 0-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream yt-dlp package and not the yt-dlp package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.22 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.