{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:yt-dlp_project:yt-dlp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "2025.07.21"
              }
            ],
            "source": [
              "CPE_RANGE",
              "REFERENCES"
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "035b1ece8f382358f5503bf5011ca098f6c9eaf9"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "959ac99e98c3215437e573c22d64be42d361e863"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-45hg-7f49-5h56"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-78"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/54xxx/CVE-2025-54072.json"
  },
  "details": "yt-dlp is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader. In versions 2025.06.25 and below, when the --exec option is used on Windows with the default placeholder (or {}), insufficient sanitization is applied to the expanded filepath, allowing for remote code execution. This is a bypass of the mitigation for CVE-2024-22423 where the default placeholder and {} were not covered by the new escaping rules. Windows users who are unable to upgrade should avoid using --exec altogether. Instead, the --write-info-json or --dump-json options could be used, with an external script or command line consuming the JSON output. This is fixed in version 2025.07.21.",
  "id": "CVE-2025-54072",
  "modified": "2026-07-15T01:48:52.969083262Z",
  "published": "2025-07-22T21:34:43.408Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2025.07.21"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/54xxx/CVE-2025-54072.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-45hg-7f49-5h56"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54072"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/959ac99e98c3215437e573c22d64be42d361e863"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.8.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "yt-dlp allows `--exec` command injection when using placeholder on Windows"
}