Is youtube-dl affected by GHSA-22fp-mf44-f2mq?

PyPI youtube-dl is affected in >=2015.01.25 <=2021.12.17.

Is GHSA-22fp-mf44-f2mq being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is not available.

high

GHSA-22fp-mf44-f2mq

Q: Is GHSA-22fp-mf44-f2mq being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is not available.

PyPI · youtube-dl

Summary

youtube-dl vulnerable to file system modification and RCE through improper file-extension sanitization

Severity: high
Published: 2025-04-18

References

https://github.com/dirkf/youtube-dl/security/advisories/GHSA-22fp-mf44-f2mq
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-79w7-vh3h-8g4j
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38519

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Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.