yt-dlp allows `–exec` command injection when using placeholder on Windows_CVE-2025-54072

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    "description": "yt-dlp is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader. In versions 2025.06.25 and below, when the --exec option is used on Windows with the default placeholder (or {}), insufficient sanitization is applied to the expanded filepath, allowing for remote code execution. This is a bypass of the mitigation for CVE-2024-22423 where the default placeholder and {} were not covered by the new escaping rules. Windows users who are unable to upgrade should avoid using --exec altogether. Instead, the --write-info-json or --dump-json options could be used, with an external script or command line consuming the JSON output. This is fixed in version 2025.07.21.",
    "published": "2025-07-22T21:34:43.408Z",
    "modified": "2025-07-23T18:30:06.761Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "yt-dlp allows `--exec` command injection when using placeholder on Windows",
    "source": "GitHub_M",
    "references": "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-45hg-7f49-5h56\nhttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/959ac99e98c3215437e573c22d64be42d361e863\nhttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2025.07.21",
    "id": "CVE-2025-54072",
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