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source: yt-dlp (main)
version: 2026.07.04-1
maintainer: Unit 193 (DMD)
arch: all
std-ver: 4.7.4
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

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oldstable: 2023.03.04-1
old-bpo: 2025.04.30-1~bpo12+1
stable: 2025.04.30-1
stable-bpo: 2026.07.04-1~bpo13+1
testing: 2026.07.04-1
unstable: 2026.07.04-1

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binaries

yt-dlp (8 bugs: 0, 6, 2, 0)

action needed

Debci reports failed tests high

unstable: pass (log)
The tests ran in 0:04:21
Last run: 2026-06-25T14:33:03.000Z
Previous status: unknown

testing: pass (log)
The tests ran in 0:06:49
Last run: 2026-07-20T02:41:03.000Z
Previous status: unknown

stable: fail (log)
The tests ran in 0:02:51
Last run: 2026-07-16T20:49:58.000Z
Previous status: unknown

Created: 2026-04-21 Last update: 2026-07-20 14:30

Failed to analyze the VCS repository. Please troubleshoot and fix the issue. high

vcswatch reports that there is an error with this package's VCS, or the debian/changelog file inside it. Please check the error shown below and try to fix it. You might have to update the VCS URL in the debian/control file to point to the correct repository.

error: RPC failed; HTTP 503 curl 22 The requested URL returned error: 503 fatal: expected flush after ref listing

Created: 2026-07-20 Last update: 2026-07-20 03:02

5 security issues in trixie high

There are 5 open security issues in trixie.

1 important issue:

CVE-2026-55404: yt-dlp and youtube-dl are command-line audio/video downloaders. Prior to 2026.7.4, the --write-link, --write-url-link, and --write-desktop-link options can write .url or .desktop shortcut files using attacker-controlled webpage_url or filename metadata without sufficient validation or escaping, allowing malicious file:// URI injection on Windows or newline-based desktop entry key injection on Linux that can execute commands if the generated shortcut is opened. This issue is fixed in version 2026.7.4.

3 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2026-50019: (needs triaging) yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. From 2023.09.24 until 2026.06.09, if curl is used as an external downloader for yt-dlp, cookies may be leaked to an unintended host upon HTTP redirect or when the host for download fragments differs from their parent manifest's. At the file download stage, the cookies are passed by yt-dlp to the file downloader via --cookie. However, unless these are loaded from a file, this operation does not activate the cookie engine. As a result, curl will send cookies with requests to domains or paths for which the cookies are not scoped. This vulnerability is fixed in 2026.06.09.
CVE-2026-50023: (needs triaging) 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.
CVE-2026-50574: (needs triaging) yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Prior to 2026.06.09, if aria2c is used as an external downloader for a fragmented manifest format (such as an HLS/DASH stream), yt-dlp passes insufficiently sanitized input to aria2c that allows an attacker to perform an arbitrary file write. On Windows platforms, this can lead to immediate arbitrary code execution. On non-Windows platforms, this can lead to arbitrary code execution upon the next invocation of yt-dlp. This vulnerability is fixed in 2026.06.09.

You can find information about how to handle these issues in the security team's documentation.

1 ignored issue:

CVE-2026-26331: yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Starting in version 2023.06.21 and prior to version 2026.02.21, when yt-dlp's `--netrc-cmd` command-line option (or `netrc_cmd` Python API parameter) is used, an attacker could achieve arbitrary command injection on the user's system with a maliciously crafted URL. yt-dlp maintainers assume the impact of this vulnerability to be high for anyone who uses `--netrc-cmd` in their command/configuration or `netrc_cmd` in their Python scripts. Even though the maliciously crafted URL itself will look very suspicious to many users, it would be trivial for a maliciously crafted webpage with an inconspicuous URL to covertly exploit this vulnerability via HTTP redirect. Users without `--netrc-cmd` in their arguments or `netrc_cmd` in their scripts are unaffected. No evidence has been found of this exploit being used in the wild. yt-dlp version 2026.02.21 fixes this issue by validating all netrc "machine" values and raising an error upon unexpected input. As a workaround, users who are unable to upgrade should avoid using the `--netrc-cmd` command-line option (or `netrc_cmd` Python API parameter), or they should at least not pass a placeholder (`{}`) in their `--netrc-cmd` argument.

Created: 2026-02-24 Last update: 2026-07-10 11:30

6 security issues in bookworm high

There are 6 open security issues in bookworm.

4 important issues:

CVE-2026-50019: yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. From 2023.09.24 until 2026.06.09, if curl is used as an external downloader for yt-dlp, cookies may be leaked to an unintended host upon HTTP redirect or when the host for download fragments differs from their parent manifest's. At the file download stage, the cookies are passed by yt-dlp to the file downloader via --cookie. However, unless these are loaded from a file, this operation does not activate the cookie engine. As a result, curl will send cookies with requests to domains or paths for which the cookies are not scoped. This vulnerability is fixed in 2026.06.09.
CVE-2026-50023: 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.
CVE-2026-50574: yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Prior to 2026.06.09, if aria2c is used as an external downloader for a fragmented manifest format (such as an HLS/DASH stream), yt-dlp passes insufficiently sanitized input to aria2c that allows an attacker to perform an arbitrary file write. On Windows platforms, this can lead to immediate arbitrary code execution. On non-Windows platforms, this can lead to arbitrary code execution upon the next invocation of yt-dlp. This vulnerability is fixed in 2026.06.09.
CVE-2026-55404: yt-dlp and youtube-dl are command-line audio/video downloaders. Prior to 2026.7.4, the --write-link, --write-url-link, and --write-desktop-link options can write .url or .desktop shortcut files using attacker-controlled webpage_url or filename metadata without sufficient validation or escaping, allowing malicious file:// URI injection on Windows or newline-based desktop entry key injection on Linux that can execute commands if the generated shortcut is opened. This issue is fixed in version 2026.7.4.

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: 2026-07-10 11:30

lintian reports 1 warning normal

Lintian reports 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-07-05 Last update: 2026-07-05 10:48

debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 4 debian patches available in version 2026.07.04-1 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: 2026-07-05 09:30

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[2026-07-07] Accepted yt-dlp 2026.07.04-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
[2026-07-07] yt-dlp 2026.07.04-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-07-05] Accepted yt-dlp 2026.07.04-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
[2026-06-12] Accepted yt-dlp 2026.06.09-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
[2026-06-12] yt-dlp 2026.06.09-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-10] Accepted yt-dlp 2026.06.09-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
[2026-03-25] Accepted yt-dlp 2026.03.17-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
[2026-03-24] yt-dlp 2026.03.17-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-22] Accepted yt-dlp 2026.03.17-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
[2026-03-17] Accepted yt-dlp 2026.03.13-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
[2026-03-17] yt-dlp 2026.03.13-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-14] Accepted yt-dlp 2026.03.13-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
[2026-03-06] Accepted yt-dlp 2026.03.03-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
[2026-03-06] yt-dlp 2026.03.03-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-04] Accepted yt-dlp 2026.03.03-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
[2026-02-25] Accepted yt-dlp 2026.02.21-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
[2026-02-24] yt-dlp 2026.02.21-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-21] Accepted yt-dlp 2026.02.21-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
[2026-02-09] Accepted yt-dlp 2026.01.31-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
[2026-02-05] yt-dlp 2026.01.31-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-03] Accepted yt-dlp 2026.01.31-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
[2025-12-14] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.12.08-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
[2025-12-14] yt-dlp 2025.12.08-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-09] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.12.08-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
[2025-11-24] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.11.12-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
[2025-11-23] yt-dlp 2025.11.12-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-18] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.11.12-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)
[2025-10-25] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.10.22-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Unit 193)
[2025-10-25] yt-dlp 2025.10.22-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-23] Accepted yt-dlp 2025.10.22-1 (source) into unstable (Unit 193)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 11
RC: 1
I&N: 7
M&W: 3
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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