7.4

CVE-2026-50019: yt-dlp_project yt-dlp

CVSS: 7.4v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesGHSA-f7j3-774f-rfhjPYSEC-2026-3431UBUNTU-CVE-2026-50019
Published 23-06-2026Last modified 23-06-2026
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-50019 is a high (CVSS 7.4) vulnerability in yt-dlp_project yt-dlp. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.4/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.32%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
MGASA-2026-0234OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11019-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21163-1

Timeline

  1. 23-06-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. From 2023.09.24 until 2026.06.09, if curl is used as an external downloader for yt-dlp, cookies may be leaked to an unintended host upon HTTP redirect or when the host for download fragments differs from their parent manifest's. At the file download stage, the cookies are passed by yt-dlp to the file downloader via --cookie. However, unless these are loaded from a file, this operation does not activate the cookie engine. As a result, curl will send cookies with requests to domains or paths for which the cookies are not scoped. This vulnerability is fixed in 2026.06.09.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.32%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

24%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.32% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.32%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • yt-dlpAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2026.06.09-1
PyPI1 product
  • yt-dlp≥ 2023.9.24, < 2026.6.9
Ubuntu1 product
  • yt-dlpAll versions (No fix recorded)
Yt-dlp1 product
  • yt-dlp≥ 2023.09.24, < 2026.06.09
Yt-dlp_project1 product
  • yt-dlp≥ 2023.09.24, < 2026.06.09

5 vendors · 5 products

References

12 links
Show all 12 references