CVE catalog
CVE-2023-46121
yt-dlp: CVE-2023-46121
- Severity
- Low · CVSS 3.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.32% · Oct 27, 2026
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`.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | yt-dlp | sid | 2026.10.26-1 | fixed |
| Debian | yt-dlp | forky | 2026.10.21-1 | fixed |
| Debian | yt-dlp | trixie | 2025.04.30-1 | fixed |
| Debian | yt-dlp | bookworm | 2023.03.04-1 | vulnerable |
| PyPI | yt-dlp | Not reported | 2023.11.14 | fixed |
| Opensuse | yt-dlp | tumbleweed | 2023.11.16-1.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | yt-dlp | source | sid | 2023.11.16-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1055996] |
| Debian | yt-dlp | source | forky | 2023.11.16-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1055996] |
| Debian | yt-dlp | source | trixie | 2023.11.16-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1055996] |
| Debian | yt-dlp | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1055996] |
| PyPI | yt-dlp | PyPI | Not reported | 2023.11.14 | Not reported | GHSA-3CH3-JHC6-5R8X | Not reported |
| Opensuse | yt-dlp | rpm | tumbleweed | 2023.11.16-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13435-1 | Not reported |
Notes
[bookworm] yt-dlp: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [yt-dlp]Affected
Details (4)
2023.03.04-1· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · yt-dlp · debian · bookworm; dsa · yt-dlp · debian · 12
2023.03.04-1· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · yt-dlp · debian · bookworm; dsa · yt-dlp · debian · 12
2025.04.30-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
dsa · yt-dlp · debian · bookworm; dsa · yt-dlp · debian · 12
2025.04.30-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
dsa · yt-dlp · debian · bookworm; dsa · yt-dlp · debian · 12
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [python313-yt-dlp]Unknown
Source package: [yt-dlp]
Details (1)
2026.08.19-1.1· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
2023.11.16-1.1Version impact unknown
dsa · yt-dlp · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [yt-dlp-youtube-dl]Unknown
Source package: [yt-dlp]
Details (1)
2026.08.19-1.1· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
2023.11.16-1.1Version impact unknown
dsa · yt-dlp · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [yt-dlp]Fixed
Source package: [yt-dlp]
Details (1)
2026.08.19-1.1· noarch · tumbleweedFixed · Fixed:
2023.11.16-1.1dsa · yt-dlp · opensuse · tumbleweed
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [yt-dlp]Fixed
Details (4)
2025.04.30-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2023.11.16-1dsa · yt-dlp · debian · 13
2025.04.30-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2023.11.16-1dsa · yt-dlp · debian · 13
2026.08.19-1~bpo13+1· all · trixie-backportsFixed · Fixed:
2023.11.16-1dsa · yt-dlp · debian · 13
2026.08.19-1~bpo13+1· all · trixie-backportsFixed · Fixed:
2023.11.16-1dsa · yt-dlp · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2023_0374-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46121]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3ch3-jhc6-5r8x]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13435-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-46121]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-46121.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]