Vulnerability · Published Aug 25, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-79792zackees transcribe-anything Yt-dlp Download ytldp_download.py ytdlp_download os command injection

Medium 5.6

In plain English

A medium-severity OS command injection in transcribe-anything from zackees. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.6Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 23.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw has been found in zackees transcribe-anything up to 4.1.0. Affected is the function ytdlp_download of the file src/transcribe_anything/ytldp_download.py of the component Yt-dlp Download. This manipulation of the argument url causes os command injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The attack's complexity is rated as high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
zackees transcribe-anything 4.04.1.0

Weakness: CWE-78, CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

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