CVE-2025-54072

HIGH EPSS 42.5%
Published Jul 22, 202511mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
8.1 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Jul 22, 2025 11mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

yt-dlp is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader. In versions 2025.06.25 and below, when the --exec option is used on Windows with the default placeholder (or {}), insufficient sanitization is applied to the expanded filepath, allowing for remote code execution. This is a bypass of the mitigation for CVE-2024-22423 where the default placeholder and {} were not covered by the new escaping rules. Windows users who are unable to upgrade should avoid using --exec altogether. Instead, the --write-info-json or --dump-json options could be used, with an external script or command line consuming the JSON output. This is fixed in version 2025.07.21.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.1
Exploitability
2.2
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
42.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-78 OS Command Injection Injection

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
yt-dlp_projectyt-dlp* <2025.07.21

References 3

  • github.com https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/959ac99e98c3215437e573c22d64be42d361e863
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2025.07.21
    Release Notes
  • github.com https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-45hg-7f49-5h56
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/959ac99e98c3215437e573c22d64be42d361e863
    Patch