Is youtube_dl safe to use?

youtube_dl has 1 known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2021.12.17). DepScope rates its health at 37/100 (critical risk).

What is the latest version of youtube_dl?

The latest version of youtube_dl is 2021.12.17, released 2021-12-16.

Does youtube_dl have known vulnerabilities?

Yes. youtube_dl has 1 known vulnerabilities. See depscope.dev/pkg/pypi/youtube_dl for details.

Is youtube_dl deprecated?

No, youtube_dl is actively maintained. Latest release: 2021.12.17 (2021-12-16).

What are alternatives to youtube_dl?

Popular alternatives to youtube_dl in PyPI include: boto3, packaging, urllib3, idna, requests.

What license does youtube_dl use?

youtube_dl is licensed under Unlicense.

youtube_dl

pypiv2021.12.17

YouTube video downloader

License Unlicensepermissive953 versions1 maintainers0 deps

ytdl-org/youtube-dl

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Health

update required

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Low health score (37/100)
1 high severity vulnerabilities

Health breakdown0 – 100

0/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

20/25

security

15/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

1 high

Advisories (1)

Severity	ID	Summary	Fixed in
high	GHSA-22fp-mf44-f2mq	youtube-dl vulnerable to file system modification and RCE through improper file-extension sanitization	—

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