---
id: CVE-2026-62968
title: Dream Displays has command-line argument injection in yt-dlp invocation
summary: >-
  Dream Displays provides in-game screens for streaming videos in Minecraft.
  From 1.5.0 until 1.8.2, user-controlled input can influence arguments passed
  to `yt-dlp` under specific conditions. Unintended command-line options may be
  interpr…
severity: high
cvss: 8.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-88
vendor: arsmotorin
product: dreamdisplays
affected:
  - 'dreamdisplays >= 1.5.0, < 1.8.2'
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-30T21:26:50.390988Z'
published: '2026-10-30'
updated: '2026-10-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-30T22:12:41.610Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-62968'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/arnodoelinger/dreamdisplays/security/advisories/GHSA-5j65-hvgq-c585
    label: >-
      https://github.com/arnodoelinger/dreamdisplays/security/advisories/GHSA-5j65-hvgq-c585
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/arnodoelinger/dreamdisplays/commit/ee8702bdbebcb2eb562c8acfb55c6bc383943b94
    label: >-
      https://github.com/arnodoelinger/dreamdisplays/commit/ee8702bdbebcb2eb562c8acfb55c6bc383943b94
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/arnodoelinger/dreamdisplays/blob/v1.10.0-preview.1/media/source/src/main/kotlin/com/dreamdisplays/media/source/youtube/YtDlp.kt
    label: >-
      https://github.com/arnodoelinger/dreamdisplays/blob/v1.10.0-preview.1/media/source/src/main/kotlin/com/dreamdisplays/media/source/youtube/YtDlp.kt
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/arnodoelinger/dreamdisplays/blob/v1.10.0-preview.1/media/source/src/main/kotlin/com/dreamdisplays/media/source/youtube/process/YtDlpClientRace.kt
    label: >-
      https://github.com/arnodoelinger/dreamdisplays/blob/v1.10.0-preview.1/media/source/src/main/kotlin/com/dreamdisplays/media/source/youtube/process/YtDlpClientRace.kt
  - url: 'https://github.com/arnodoelinger/dreamdisplays/releases/tag/v1.8.2'
    label: 'https://github.com/arnodoelinger/dreamdisplays/releases/tag/v1.8.2'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00427
epssPercentile: 0.37213
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T16:24:31.471Z'
---

## Overview

Dream Displays provides in-game screens for streaming videos in Minecraft. From 1.5.0 until 1.8.2, user-controlled input can influence arguments passed to `yt-dlp` under specific conditions. Unintended command-line options may be interpreted by `yt-dlp`, potentially altering its behavior. This issue is fixed in version 1.8.2.

## Affected

- `dreamdisplays >= 1.5.0, < 1.8.2`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.