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openSUSE 16 Security Update : yt-dlp (openSUSE-SU-2026:21163-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 324063

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21163-1 advisory.

 Changes in yt-dlp:

 - Update to version 2026.06.09
 * Fixed [CVE-2026-50019]: File Downloader cookie leak with curl
 * Fixed [CVE-2026-50023]: Dangerous file type creation via insufficient filename sanitization
 * Fixed [CVE-2026-50574]: Arbitrary code execution via manifest downloads with aria2c
 * Added lockfile and pinned extras
 * Removed url, desktop and webloc from safe extensions
 * Extract supplemental codecs from DASH manifests
 * abematv: Extract subtitles
 * ard: Support new ardsounds domain
 * monstercat: Support older URLs
 * pornhub: Support browser impersonation
 * reddit: Fix unauthenticated extraction
 * rtp: Support multi-part episodes and --no-playlist
 * s4c: Extract more metadata
 * soop: Adapt extractors to new domain
 * soundcloud: Support --extractor-retries for original formats
 * twitch: Remove dead rechat subtitles
 * twitter: Fix view_count extraction
 * external: aria2c: Remove support for m3u8/dash protocols
 * ffmpegmetadata: Avoid erroneous ISO 639 conversions

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected python313-yt-dlp, yt-dlp and / or yt-dlp-youtube-dl packages.

See Also

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-50019

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-50023

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-50574

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 324063

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21163-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/1/2026

Updated: 7/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-50574

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-yt-dlp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:yt-dlp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:yt-dlp-youtube-dl

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-50019, CVE-2026-50023, CVE-2026-50574

IAVB: 2026-B-0168