CVE-2023-46121
Publication date 15 November 2023
Last updated 11 July 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes. The Generic Extractor in yt-dlp is vulnerable to an attacker setting an arbitrary proxy for a request to an arbitrary url, allowing the attacker to MITM the request made from yt-dlp's HTTP session. This could lead to cookie exfiltration in some cases. Version 2023.11.14 removed the ability to smuggle `http_headers` to the Generic extractor, as well as other extractors that use the same pattern. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable the Ggneric extractor (or only pass trusted sites with trusted content) and ake caution when using `--no-check-certificate`.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| yt-dlp | 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
5.0 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity impact | Low |
| Availability impact | Low |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |