CVE-2026-71212
xidown - Argument Injection via Unterminated yt-dlp Command Line Construction
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.4 Medium
- Published
- Aug 5, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 10, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 5, 2026
Description
xidown (a yt-dlp/ffmpeg GUI wrapper) builds its yt-dlp command-line invocation (xidown/core/scanner.py and downloader.py) by appending the user-provided or scanned URL as a bare trailing positional argument, with no '--' end-of-options marker and no scheme validation anywhere in the codebase.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L | TuranSec |
Weaknesses
- CWE-88 Argument Injection
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
xidownindravoyager |
|
References
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/88.htmlthird-party-advisory
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