Vulnerability in Yt-dlp

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…

Vulnerability class: HTTP Request Smuggling

EPSS: 0.003 (24.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-46121?
CVE-2023-46121 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yt-dlp, classified under Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests (HTTP Request/Response Smuggling). CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2023-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2023-46121?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.