FKIE_CVE-2024-22423

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-04-09 18:15 - Updated: 2026-01-05 15:56
Severity ?
8.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes. The patch that addressed CVE-2023-40581 attempted to prevent RCE when using `--exec` with `%q` by replacing double quotes with two double quotes. However, this escaping is not sufficient, and still allows expansion of environment variables. Support for output template expansion in `--exec`, along with this vulnerable behavior, was added to `yt-dlp` in version 2021.04.11. yt-dlp version 2024.04.09 fixes this issue by properly escaping `%`. It replaces them with `%%cd:~,%`, a variable that expands to nothing, leaving only the leading percent. It is recommended to upgrade yt-dlp to version 2024.04.09 as soon as possible. Also, always be careful when using `--exec`, because while this specific vulnerability has been patched, using unvalidated input in shell commands is inherently dangerous. For Windows users who are not able to upgrade, avoid using any output template expansion in `--exec` other than `{}` (filepath); if expansion in `--exec` is needed, verify the fields you are using do not contain `"`, `|` or `&`; and/or instead of using `--exec`, write the info json and load the fields from it instead.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/de015e930747165dbb8fcd360f8775fd973b7d6ePatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ff07792676f404ffff6ee61b5638c9dc1a33a37aPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2021.04.11Product, Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2024.04.09Product, Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-42h4-v29r-42qgNot Applicable
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-hjq6-52gw-2g7pExploit, Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/123335Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/de015e930747165dbb8fcd360f8775fd973b7d6ePatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ff07792676f404ffff6ee61b5638c9dc1a33a37aPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2021.04.11Product, Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2024.04.09Product, Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-42h4-v29r-42qgNot Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-hjq6-52gw-2g7pExploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/123335Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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