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CVE-2026-26331 - Vulnerability Analysis

HighCVSS: 8.8

Last Updated: February 24, 2026

yt-dlp - Command Injection

Published: February 24, 2026Updated: February 24, 2026PoC AvailableRemote Exploitable

Overview

yt-dlp >= 2023.06.21 and < 2026.02.21 contains a command injection caused by improper validation of netrc "machine" values in the --netrc-cmd option, letting attackers execute arbitrary commands via crafted URLs, exploit requires usage of --netrc-cmd or netrc_cmd parameter.

Severity & Score

Severity: High

CVSS Score: 8.8

EPSS Score: 70.1%(Probability of exploitation in next 30 days)

Impact

Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on the user's system, potentially leading to full system compromise.

Mitigation

Update to version 2026.02.21 or later.

References

Social Media Activity(1 post)

ZEN SecDB

@secdb

Mar 2, 2026

📈 CVE Published in last 7 days (2026-02-23 - 2026-03-02) See more at https://secdb.nttzen.cloud/dashboard Total CVEs: 974 Severity: - Critical: 145 - High: 315 - Medium: 431 - Low: 49 - None: 34 Status: - : 10 - Analyzed: 435 - Awaiting Analysis: 257 - Modified: 60 - Received: 119 - Rejected: 17 - Undergoing Analysis: 76 Top CNAs: - GitHub, Inc.: 354 - VulDB: 131 - VulnCheck: 70 - Mozilla Corporation: 52 - ICS-CERT: 51 - MITRE: 34 - Wordfence: 34 - Red Hat, Inc.: 15 - Cisco Systems, Inc.: 15 - GitLab Inc.: 13 Top Affected Products: - UNKNOWN: 459 - Mozilla Firefox: 52 - Mozilla Thunderbird: 50 - Imagemagick: 34 - Open-emr Openemr: 25 - Copeland Xweb 300d Pro Firmware: 15 - Freerdp: 15 - Copeland Xweb 500b Pro Firmware: 15 - Copeland Xweb 500d Pro Firmware: 15 - Tenda F453 Firmware: 10 Top EPSS Score: - CVE-2026-3301 - 2.90 % (https://secdb.nttzen.cloud/cve/detail/CVE-2026-3301) - CVE-2025-70328 - 2.51 % (https://secdb.nttzen.cloud/cve/detail/CVE-2025-70328) - CVE-2026-20127 - 2.19 % (https://secdb.nttzen.cloud/cve/detail/CVE-2026-20127) - CVE-2025-70327 - 1.85 % (https://secdb.nttzen.cloud/cve/detail/CVE-2025-70327) - CVE-2026-24663 - 1.35 % (https://secdb.nttzen.cloud/cve/detail/CVE-2026-24663) - CVE-2026-22553 - 0.89 % (https://secdb.nttzen.cloud/cve/detail/CVE-2026-22553) - CVE-2026-26222 - 0.85 % (https://secdb.nttzen.cloud/cve/detail/CVE-2026-26222) - CVE-2026-26331 - 0.60 % (https://secdb.nttzen.cloud/cve/detail/CVE-2026-26331) - CVE-2026-27498 - 0.59 % (https://secdb.nttzen.cloud/cve/detail/CVE-2026-27498) - CVE-2026-21658 - 0.59 % (https://secdb.nttzen.cloud/cve/detail/CVE-2026-21658)

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GitHub Repositories(1 repo)

https://github.com/dxlerYT/CVE-2026-26331

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Details

CVE ID: CVE-2026-26331
Severity: High
CVSS Score: 8.8
Type: command_injection
Status: unconfirmed
EPSS: 70.1%
Social Posts: 1

CWE

CWE-78

CVSS Metrics

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

EPSS Score

70.1%Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days