---
id: CVE-2025-62185
title: >-
  In Ankitects Anki before 25.02.5, a crafted shared deck can place a YouTube
  downloader executable in the media folder, and this is executed for a YouTube
  link in the deck
summary: >-
  In Ankitects Anki before 25.02.5, a crafted shared deck can place a YouTube
  downloader executable in the media folder, and this is executed for a YouTube
  link in the deck. The executable name could be youtube-dl.exe or yt-dlp.exe or
  yt-d…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-427
vendor: ankitects
product: anki
affected:
  - anki < 25.02.5
patched:
  - anki 25.02.5
published: '2025-10-07'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T13:10:00.200'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62185'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/ankitects/anki/commit/5080451829505842b16d4a50f398ad44560a3e48
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/ankitects/anki/commit/6213c9b6f99ebda181004f8915b92fe3618b939
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://github.com/ankitects/anki/compare/25.02.4...25.02.5'
    label: cve@mitre.org
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00151
epssPercentile: 0.03753
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T13:42:54.983Z'
---

## Overview

In Ankitects Anki before 25.02.5, a crafted shared deck can place a YouTube downloader executable in the media folder, and this is executed for a YouTube link in the deck. The executable name could be youtube-dl.exe or yt-dlp.exe or yt-dlp_x86.exe.

## Affected

- `anki < 25.02.5`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `anki 25.02.5`