Is CVE-2026-50023 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-50023 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-50023?

CVE-2026-50023 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-50023?

CVE-2026-50023 has an EPSS score of 0.56% (43th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2026-50023?

Upgrade yt-dlp on debian unstable to 2026.06.09-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-50023

HIGH

8.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Prior to 2026.06.09, a vulnerability exists in yt-dlp that allows a remote attacker to write arbitrary OS-shortcut files (such as .desktop, .url, .webloc) to the user's filesystem, bypassing the remediation for CVE-2024-38519. The allowlist explicitly included the unsafe extensions .desktop, .url, and .webloc so that the functionality of the --write-link option (and its variants) could be preserved. These allowlist inclusions can be exploited by an attacker to write malicious OS-shortcut files in the context of a media or subtitles download. This vulnerability is fixed in 2026.06.09.

CWE-641

How to fix

Remediation Available

yt-dlpDebian

Fixed in:2026.06.09-1CVE-2026-50023

yt-dlpWindows application

Affected:2026.06.09Fixed in:2026.06.09yt-dlp

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.56%probability of exploitation in 30 days

43rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 43% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Release Notes2

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2021-41146	High	8.8	1.4%	-	Fix
CVE-2026-25177	High	8.8	1.2%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-30063	Medium	6.7	1.0%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-0046	High	7.2	1.0%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-23536	Medium	6.5	0.8%	-	-
CVE-2025-21361	High	7.8	0.7%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-06-26.