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    "id": "CVE-2026-55404",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55404",
    "idYear": 2026,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2026-07-08T19:36:48.792Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T14:41:17.681Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:58:20.586Z",
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      "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"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "yt-dlp: Downstream command injection via improper sanitization of yt-dlp --write-link output",
      "summary": "yt-dlp and youtube-dl are command-line audio/video downloaders. Prior to 2026.7.4, the --write-link, --write-url-link, and --write-desktop-link options can write .url or .desktop shortcut files using attacker-controlled webpage_url or filename metadata without sufficient validation or escaping, allowing malicious file:// URI injection on Windows or newline-based desktop entry key injection on Linux that can execute commands if the generated shortcut is opened. This issue is fixed in version 2026.7.4.",
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          "vendor": "yt-dlp",
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              "version": "< 2026.7.4",
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