CVE-2023-46121 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2023-46121: yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes. The Generic Extractor in yt-dlp is vulnerable to an attacker setting an arbitrary proxy for a request to an arbitrary url, allowing the attacker to MITM the request made from yt-dlp's HTTP session. This could lead to cookie exfiltration

Affects 6 Linux releases across 6 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2023-46121 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

yt-dlp→ fixed in2023.11.16-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y yt-dlp
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

yt-dlp→ fixed in2023.11.14-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade yt-dlp
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

yt-dlp→ fixed in2023.11.14-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade yt-dlp
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

yt-dlp→ fixed in2023.11.14-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade yt-dlp
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

yt-dlp→ fixed in2023.11.14-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade yt-dlp
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

yt-dlp→ fixed in2023.11.14-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade yt-dlp
```

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