CVE-2025-43858

YoutubeDLSharp allows command injection on windows system due to non sanitized arguments

Published Apr 24, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 9.2 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
YoutubeDLSharp is a wrapper for the command-line video downloaders youtube-dl and yt-dlp. In versions starting from 1.0.0-beta4 and prior to 1.1.2, an unsafe conversion of arguments allows the injection of a malicious commands when starting `yt-dlp` from a commands prompt running on Windows OS with the `UseWindowsEncodingWorkaround` value defined to true (default behavior). If a user is using built-in methods from the YoutubeDL.cs file, the value is true by default and a user cannot disable it from these methods. This issue has been patched in version 1.1.2.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-11986 YoutubeDLSharp is a wrapper for the command-line video downloaders youtube-dl and yt-dlp. In versions starting from 1.0.0-beta4 and prior to 1.1.2, an unsafe conversion of arguments allows the injection of a malicious commands when starting `yt-dlp` from a commands prompt running on Windows OS with the `UseWindowsEncodingWorkaround` value defined to true (default behavior). If a user is using built-in methods from the YoutubeDL.cs file, the value is true by default and a user cannot disable it from these methods. This issue has been patched in version 1.1.2.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-2jh5-g5ch-43q5 YoutubeDLSharp allows command injection on windows system due to non sanitized arguments
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description YoutubeDLSharp is a wrapper for the command-line video downloaders youtube-dl and yt-dlp. In versions starting from 1.0.0-beta4 and prior to 1.1.2, an unsafe conversion of arguments allows the injection of a malicious commands when starting `yt-dlp` from a commands prompt running on Windows OS with the `UseWindowsEncodingWorkaround` value defined to true (default behavior). If a user is using built-in methods from the YoutubeDL.cs file, the value is true by default and a user cannot disable it from these methods. This issue has been patched in version 1.1.2.
Title YoutubeDLSharp allows command injection on windows system due to non sanitized arguments
Weaknesses CWE-77
CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 24, 2025, 7:04 PM
Reserved
Apr 17, 2025, 8:07 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Apr 24, 2025, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:24 AM