Description
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.
Published: 2025-04-24
Score: 9.2 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-11986 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-2jh5-g5ch-43q5 YoutubeDLSharp allows command injection on windows system due to non sanitized arguments
History

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title YoutubeDLSharp allows command injection on windows system due to non sanitized arguments
Weaknesses CWE-77
CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-24T19:04:13.866Z

Reserved: 2025-04-17T20:07:08.555Z

Link: CVE-2025-43858

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Updated: 2025-04-24T19:04:10.771Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-04-24T18:15:20.120

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-43858

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