CVE-2026-6219
Published: 13 April 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-6219 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Windows Command Shell (T1059.003); ranked in the top 40.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-22118
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was determined in aandrew-me ytDownloader up to 3.20.2. This affects the function child_process.exec of the file src/compressor.js of the component Compressor Feature. This manipulation causes command injection. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been…
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publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Local command injection via child_process.exec directly enables arbitrary OS shell command execution on the host.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Developer assessments and testing (including injection-focused techniques) identify improper neutralization of special elements, and the verifiable flaw remediation corrects them pre-deployment.
Identifies indicators of injection attacks (command, SQL, LDAP, etc.) via anomaly and attack monitoring.