VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2026-71212
xidown (a yt-dlp/ffmpeg GUI wrapper) builds its yt-dlp command-line invocation (xidown/core/scanner.py and downloader.py) by appending the user-provided or scanned URL as a bare trailing positional argument, with no '--' end-of-options marker and no…
MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 0.11%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.11%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
xidown (a yt-dlp/ffmpeg GUI wrapper) builds its yt-dlp command-line invocation (xidown/core/scanner.py and downloader.py) by appending the user-provided or scanned URL as a bare trailing positional argument, with no '--' end-of-options marker and no scheme validation anywhere in the codebase.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.11% probability · 1th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-88
- Source
- 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.