Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking Affecting yt-dlp package, versions [2023.9.24, 2026.6.9)
Threat Intelligence
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- published17 Jun 2026
- disclosed16 Jun 2026
- creditsepro
Introduced: 16 Jun 2026
CVE-2026-50019 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade yt-dlp to version 2026.6.9 or higher.
Overview
yt-dlp is an A youtube-dl fork with additional features and patches
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking via curl. An attacker can obtain sensitive cookie information by crafting a malicious website that embeds a specially crafted URL, causing cookies to be sent to unintended hosts during HTTP redirects or when download fragment hosts differ from their parent manifest's.
Workaround
This vulnerability can be mitigated by not using the --downloader curl option.