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`.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade yt-dlp | Aug 22, 2024 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade yt-dlp | May 15, 2025 | Nov 15, 2023 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-misc/yt-dlp. | Sep 30, 2024 | Nov 15, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade yt-dlp-fish-completionUpgrade yt-dlp-zsh-completionUpgrade yt-dlp-bash-completionUpgrade python311-yt-dlpUpgrade yt-dlp | Nov 20, 2023 | Nov 15, 2023 |
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