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This might mean some very uncommon extensions might not get downloaded, however it will also limit the possible exploitation surface. In addition to upgrading, have `.%(ext)s` at the end of the output template and make sure the user trusts the websites that they are downloading from. Also, make sure to never download to a directory within PATH or other sensitive locations like one's user directory, `system32`, or other binaries locations. For users who are not able to upgrade, keep the default output template (`-o \"%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`); make sure the extension of the media to download is a common video/audio/sub/... one; try to avoid the generic extractor; and/or use `--ignore-config --config-location ...` to not load config from common locations.","publishedAt":"2024-07-02T13:47:36.399Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-02T04:12:25.618Z","severity":{"score":7.8,"label":"High","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","source":"GitHub_M"},"assigner":"GitHub_M","products":["yt-dlp yt-dlp","ytdl-org youtube-dl"],"affected":[{"vendor":"yt-dlp","product":"yt-dlp","versions":[{"version":"< 2024.07.01","status":"affected","lessThan":"2024.07.01","versionType":"date"}]},{"vendor":"ytdl-org","product":"youtube-dl","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":">= 2015.01.25","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"2021.12.17","versionType":"date"},{"version":"nightly","status":"affected","lessThan":"2024-07-03","changes":[{"at":"d42a222","status":"unaffected"}],"versionType":"date"}],"repo":"https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl"}],"references":["https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-79w7-vh3h-8g4j","https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/5ce582448ececb8d9c30c8c31f58330090ced03a","https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2024.07.01","https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2024-090_yt-dlp","https://github.com/dirkf/youtube-dl/security/advisories/GHSA-22fp-mf44-f2mq","https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2024-089_youtube-dl/","https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/32830","https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/d42a222ed541b96649396ef00e19552aef0f09ec"],"weaknesses":["CWE-669"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:07:39.287Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2024/38xxx/CVE-2024-38519.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2024-38519","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2024-07-02T13:47:36.399Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-02T04:12:25.618Z","assignerShortName":"GitHub_M","assignerOrgId":"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa","dateReserved":"2024-06-18T16:37:02.728Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"yt-dlp and youtube-dl vulnerable to file system modification and RCE through improper file-extension sanitization","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"`yt-dlp` and `youtube-dl` are command-line audio/video downloaders. 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