CVE-2023-46121

LOW EPSS 23.6%
Published Nov 15, 20232y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
3.7 CVSS 3.1
Low
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Published Nov 15, 2023 2y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

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

Base Score
3.7
Exploitability
2.2
Impact
1.4
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
23.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-444

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
yt-dlp_projectyt-dlp*≥2022.10.04  –  <2023.11.14

References 3

  • github.com https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f04b5bedad7b281bee9814686bba1762bae092eb
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2023.11.14
    Release Notes
  • github.com https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-3ch3-jhc6-5r8x
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f04b5bedad7b281bee9814686bba1762bae092eb
    Patch