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downloader of videos from YouTube and other sites

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general
  • source: yt-dlp (main)
  • version: 2025.05.22-1
  • maintainer: Unit 193 (DMD)
  • arch: all
  • std-ver: 4.7.2
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • old-bpo: 2023.03.04-1~bpo11+1
  • stable: 2023.03.04-1
  • stable-bpo: 2025.04.30-1~bpo12+1
  • testing: 2025.04.30-1
  • unstable: 2025.05.22-1
versioned links
  • 2023.03.04-1~bpo11+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2023.03.04-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2025.04.30-1~bpo12+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2025.04.30-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2025.05.22-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • yt-dlp (4 bugs: 0, 1, 3, 0)
action needed
debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 4 debian patches available in version 2025.05.22-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

  • 1 patch where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.
Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2025-05-22 22:30
No known security issue in bookworm wishlist

There are 2 open security issues in bookworm.

2 ignored issues:
  • CVE-2023-35934: yt-dlp is a command-line program to download videos from video sites. During file downloads, yt-dlp or the external downloaders that yt-dlp employs may leak cookies on HTTP redirects to a different host, or leak them when the host for download fragments differs from their parent manifest's host. This vulnerable behavior is present in yt-dlp prior to 2023.07.06 and nightly 2023.07.06.185519. All native and external downloaders are affected, except for `curl` and `httpie` (version 3.1.0 or later). At the file download stage, all cookies are passed by yt-dlp to the file downloader as a `Cookie` header, thereby losing their scope. This also occurs in yt-dlp's info JSON output, which may be used by external tools. As a result, the downloader or external tool may indiscriminately send cookies with requests to domains or paths for which the cookies are not scoped. yt-dlp version 2023.07.06 and nightly 2023.07.06.185519 fix this issue by removing the `Cookie` header upon HTTP redirects; having native downloaders calculate the `Cookie` header from the cookiejar, utilizing external downloaders' built-in support for cookies instead of passing them as header arguments, disabling HTTP redirectiong if the external downloader does not have proper cookie support, processing cookies passed as HTTP headers to limit their scope, and having a separate field for cookies in the info dict storing more information about scoping Some workarounds are available for those who are unable to upgrade. Avoid using cookies and user authentication methods. While extractors may set custom cookies, these usually do not contain sensitive information. Alternatively, avoid using `--load-info-json`. Or, if authentication is a must: verify the integrity of download links from unknown sources in browser (including redirects) before passing them to yt-dlp; use `curl` as external downloader, since it is not impacted; and/or avoid fragmented formats such as HLS/m3u8, DASH/mpd and ISM.
  • CVE-2023-46121: 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`.
Created: 2023-07-07 Last update: 2025-05-22 17:30
testing migrations
  • excuses:
    • Migration status for yt-dlp (2025.04.30-1 to 2025.05.22-1): Waiting for test results or another package, or too young (no action required now - check later)
    • Issues preventing migration:
    • ∙ ∙ Too young, only 1 of 20 days old
    • Additional info:
    • ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/y/yt-dlp.html
    • ∙ ∙ autopkgtest for yt-dlp/2025.05.22-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armel: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
    • ∙ ∙ Reproducible on amd64 - info ♻
    • ∙ ∙ Reproducible on arm64 - info ♻
    • ∙ ∙ Waiting for reproducibility test results on armhf - info ♻
    • ∙ ∙ Waiting for reproducibility test results on i386 - info ♻
    • ∙ ∙ not blocked: has successful autopkgtest
    • Not considered
news
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  • [2025-05-22] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.05.22-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
  • [2025-05-11] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.04.30-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
  • [2025-05-11] yt-dlp 2025.04.30-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-05-01] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.04.30-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
  • [2025-04-10] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.03.31-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
  • [2025-04-09] yt-dlp 2025.03.31-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-04-07] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.03.31-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
  • [2025-04-02] yt-dlp 2025.03.27-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-04-02] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.03.27-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
  • [2025-03-29] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.03.27-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
  • [2025-03-28] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.03.26-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
  • [2025-03-28] yt-dlp 2025.03.26-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-03-26] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.03.26-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
  • [2025-03-25] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.03.25-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
  • [2025-03-24] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.03.21-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
  • [2025-03-24] yt-dlp 2025.03.21-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-03-22] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.03.21-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
  • [2025-02-24] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.02.19-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
  • [2025-02-22] yt-dlp 2025.02.19-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-02-19] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.02.19-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
  • [2025-01-30] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.01.26-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
  • [2025-01-30] yt-dlp 2025.01.26-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-01-27] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.01.26-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
  • [2025-01-18] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.01.15-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
  • [2025-01-18] yt-dlp 2025.01.15-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-01-16] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.01.15-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
  • [2025-01-15] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.01.12-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
  • [2025-01-15] yt-dlp 2025.01.12-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-01-13] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.01.12-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
  • [2024-12-26] Accepted yt-dlp 2024.12.23-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 5
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 1
  • M&W: 4
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 0
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