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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2024-38519"
idYear: 2024
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2024-07-02T13:47:36.399Z"
updatedAt: "2024-08-02T04:12:25.618Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:11.582Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-38519"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-38519.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38519"
title: "yt-dlp and youtube-dl vulnerable to file system modification and RCE through improper file-extension sanitization"
summary: "`yt-dlp` and `youtube-dl` are command-line audio/video downloaders. Prior to the fixed versions, `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dl` do not limit the extensions of downloaded files, which could lead to arbitrary filenames being created in the download folder (and path traversal on Windows). Since `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dl` also read config from the working directory (and on Windows executables will be executed from the `yt-dlp` or `youtube-dl` directory), this could lead to arbitrary code being executed.\n\n\n\n\n`yt-dlp` version 2024.07.01 fixes this issue by whitelisting the allowed extensions. `youtube-dl` fixes this issue in commit `d42a222` on the `master` branch and in nightly builds tagged 2024-07-03 or later. 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."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"\u003c 2024.07.01","status":"affected","versionType":"date","lessThan":"2024.07.01"}],"vendor":"yt-dlp","product":"yt-dlp"},{"versions":[{"version":"\u003e= 2015.01.25","status":"affected","versionType":"date","lessThanOrEqual":"2021.12.17"},{"version":"nightly","status":"affected","versionType":"date","lessThan":"2024-07-03","changes":[{"at":"d42a222","status":"unaffected"}]}],"vendor":"ytdl-org","product":"youtube-dl","defaultStatus":"unaffected"}]

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