CVE-2024-38519

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 25.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-07-02 13:47Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-02 04:12Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2024-06-18

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-669Incorrect Resource Transfer Between SpheresClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ba80a8c7337e05117fc11c0bc43b28b57e3b2eae52c49f4b7bf8f82ebc84b0fd

• github.comhttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-79w7-vh3h-8g4jx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/5ce582448ececb8d9c30c8c31f58330090ced03ax_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2024.07.01x_refsource_MISC
• securitylab.github.comhttps://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2024-090_yt-dlpx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/dirkf/youtube-dl/security/advisories/GHSA-22fp-mf44-f2mqx_refsource_MISC
• securitylab.github.comhttps://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2024-089_youtube-dl/x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/32830x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/d42a222ed541b96649396ef00e19552aef0f09ecx_refsource_MISC