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CVE-2025-54072

yt-dlp allows `--exec` command injection when using placeholder on Windows

Published: Jul 22, 2025Updated: Oct 9, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-78
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 57.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected Products

yt-dlpyt-dlp
On-prem
Consumer Software / file-utility
yt-dlpyt-dlp project
On-prem
Consumer Software / file-utility
yt-dlposs-projectConsumer Software
yt-dlp projectoss-projectConsumer Software

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

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

Timeline

Published
Jul 22, 2025
Last Updated
Oct 9, 2025

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