CVE-2025-43858

YoutubeDLSharp is a wrapper for the command-line video downloaders youtube-dl and yt-dlp. In versions starting from 1.0.0-beta4 and prior to 1.1.2, an unsafe conversion of arguments allows the injection of a malicious commands when starting `yt-dlp` from a commands prompt running on Windows OS with the `UseWindowsEncodingWorkaround` value defined to true (default behavior). If a user is using built-in methods from the YoutubeDL.cs file, the value is true by default and a user cannot disable it from these methods. This issue has been patched in version 1.1.2.
Configurations

No configuration.

History

29 Apr 2025, 13:52

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Summary
  • (es) YoutubeDLSharp es un contenedor para los descargadores de vídeo de línea de comandos youtube-dl y yt-dlp. En versiones a partir de la 1.0.0-beta4 y anteriores a la 1.1.2, una conversión insegura de argumentos permite la inyección de comandos maliciosos al iniciar `yt-dlp` desde un símbolo del sistema en Windows con el valor `UseWindowsEncodingWorkaround` definido como verdadero (comportamiento predeterminado). Si un usuario utiliza métodos integrados del archivo YoutubeDL.cs, el valor es verdadero por defecto y no se puede desactivar desde estos métodos. Este problema se ha corregido en la versión 1.1.2.

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References () https://github.com/Bluegrams/YoutubeDLSharp/security/advisories/GHSA-2jh5-g5ch-43q5 - () https://github.com/Bluegrams/YoutubeDLSharp/security/advisories/GHSA-2jh5-g5ch-43q5 -

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-04-24 18:15

Updated : 2025-04-29 13:52


NVD link : CVE-2025-43858

Mitre link : CVE-2025-43858

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-43858


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Products Affected

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CWE
CWE-77

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')