# CVE-2026-93371: marcopiovanello yt-dlp-web-ui generic.go NewGenericDownload command injection

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-09-18 · Updated: 2026-09-22

## Affected

- marcopiovanello yt-dlp-web-ui: v4

## Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in marcopiovanello yt-dlp-web-ui up to v4. This issue affects the function NewGenericDownload of the file server/internal/downloaders/generic.go. Such manipulation of the argument params leads to command injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The name of the patch is c7ad3bd79c7c520a7d17e7f2ba19d962be8e7897. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on marcopiovanello yt-dlp-web-ui, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/406851
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/406851/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-93371
- https://vuldb.com/submit/942846
- https://github.com/marcopiovanello/yt-dlp-web-ui/commit/c7ad3bd79c7c520a7d17e7f2ba19d962be8e7897
- https://github.com/marcopiovanello/yt-dlp-web-ui/

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