From Global Allowlist to RCE: Breaking Down CVE-2026-50023 in yt-dlp

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Opublikowano: 2026-10-07

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/from-global-allowlist-to-rce-breaking-down-cve-2026-50023-in-yt-dlp. How a shortcut-extension exception in yt-dlp's CVE-2024-38519 fix opened the door to CVE-2026-50023, and what the follow-up bug teaches us. Check more stories related to tech-stories at: https://hackernoon.com/c/tech-stories. You can also check exclusive content about #vulnerability-research, #cve-2026-50023, #yt-dlp, #remote-code-execution, #filename-sanitization, #hls-subtitles, #security-patch-bypass, #allowist-security, and more. This story was written by: @pavanchow. Learn more about this writer by checking @pavanchow's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. A fix for...