GHSA-v8mc-9377-rwjj · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — yt-dlp File Downloader cookie leak
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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-35934 is rated Moderate Risk (49.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.69%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-05-02 | 0.65% | 0.69% | +0.04% |
| 2 | 2026-01-02 | 0.48% | 0.65% | +0.17% |
| 3 | 2025-11-21 | — | 0.48% | — |
Full EPSS history (18 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.6 | 4.0 | [email protected] |
| 8.2 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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2.8 | 4.7 | [email protected] |
GHSA-v8mc-9377-rwjj · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — yt-dlp File Downloader cookie leak
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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high | CVE-2023-35934: 1 source package rows (yt-dlp); 10 state rows across 6 repos (3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 8, open 2. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-35934 |
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2023-35934 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (youtube-dl, yt-dlp), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 3. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-35934 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2023-35934: 1 GLSA(s) (202409-30), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/yt-dlp); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2023-35934 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2023-35934 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (yt-dlp), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 8, needs-triage 4, DNE 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-35934 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| youtube-dlc_project | youtube-dlc | — | cpe:2.3:a:youtube-dlc_project:youtube-dlc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| yt-dl | youtube-dl | >= 2015.01.25 | cpe:2.3:a:yt-dl:youtube-dl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| yt-dlp_project | yt-dlp | < 2023.07.06 | cpe:2.3:a:yt-dlp_project:yt-dlp:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* |
| yt-dlp_project | yt-dlp | < 2023.07.06.185519 | cpe:2.3:a:yt-dlp_project:yt-dlp:*:*:*:*:nightly:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 37 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 38 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |