CVE-2026-71212
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
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.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
4.4
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
Published
2026-08-05 08:16:43.503000
Last modified
2026-10-24 15:10:00.190000
View original CVE JSON
{
"id": "CVE-2026-71212",
"sourceIdentifier": "309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c",
"published": "2026-08-05T08:16:43.503",
"lastModified": "2026-10-24T15:10:00.190",
"vulnStatus": "Deferred",
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "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."
},
{
"lang": "es",
"value": "xidown (un wrapper GUI para yt-dlp/ffmpeg) construye su invocación de línea de comandos de yt-dlp (xidown/core/scanner.py y downloader.py) al añadir la URL proporcionada por el usuario o escaneada como un argumento posicional final simple, sin un marcador de fin de opciones ’--’ y sin validación de esquema en ninguna parte del código base. Debido a que yt-dlp analiza cualquier argumento que comienza con ’-’ como una opción de CLI en lugar de texto de enlace, un valor de ’URL’ manipulado como -U (el indicador de autoactualización de yt-dlp) o --exec=... se analiza como una opción real de yt-dlp en lugar de una URL, alterando el flujo de control de la herramienta antes de que se ejecute su propia validación de URL. La ejecución de código completa a través de --exec no se demostró en el flujo de una sola URL probado, pero la primitiva subyacente de inyección de argumentos está confirmada y sin mitigar en todos los puntos de llamada."
}
],
"affected": [
{
"source": "309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c",
"affectedData": [
{
"vendor": "indravoyager",
"product": "xidown",
"defaultStatus": "unknown",
"programFiles": [
"xidown/core/scanner.py",
"xidown/core/downloader.py"
],
"versions": [
{
"version": "0",
"lessThanOrEqual": "1.25.1.19",
"versionType": "custom",
"status": "affected"
}
]
}
]
}
],
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"source": "309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c",
"type": "Secondary",
"cvssData": {
"version": "3.1",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L",
"baseScore": 4.4,
"baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
"attackVector": "LOCAL",
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
"integrityImpact": "LOW",
"availabilityImpact": "LOW"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 1.8,
"impactScore": 2.5
}
],
"ssvcV203": [
{
"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"ssvcData": {
"timestamp": "2026-08-05T13:26:48.118160Z",
"id": "CVE-2026-71212",
"options": [
{
"exploitation": "none"
},
{
"automatable": "no"
},
{
"technicalImpact": "partial"
}
],
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"version": "2.0.3"
}
}
]
},
"weaknesses": [
{
"source": "309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c",
"type": "Secondary",
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-88"
}
]
}
],
"references": [
{
"url": "https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/88.html",
"source": "309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c"
}
]
}