yt-dlp: Dangerous file type creation via insufficient filename sanitization (Bypass of CVE-2024-38519)_CVE-2026-50023

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    "description": "yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Prior to 2026.06.09, a vulnerability exists in yt-dlp that allows a remote attacker to write arbitrary OS-shortcut files (such as .desktop, .url, .webloc) to the user's filesystem, bypassing the remediation for CVE-2024-38519. The allowlist explicitly included the unsafe extensions .desktop, .url, and .webloc so that the functionality of the --write-link option (and its variants) could be preserved. These allowlist inclusions can be exploited by an attacker to write malicious OS-shortcut files in the context of a media or subtitles download. This vulnerability is fixed in 2026.06.09.",
    "published": "2026-06-23T16:08:43.003Z",
    "modified": "2026-06-23T16:08:43.003Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "yt-dlp: Dangerous file type creation via insufficient filename sanitization (Bypass of CVE-2024-38519)",
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    "references": "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-c6mh-fpjc-4pr3\nhttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e578e265f7c6ca94a74b30e0d8d6196a4d19fb6a\nhttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/tag/2026.06.09.230517\nhttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2026.06.09",
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