CVE-2025-62185

Anki: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

CVE-2025-62185 has no fix on record yet for 1 affected product. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High

CVSS

7.8

No vendor severity

Exploitation

None reported

No vendor assessment

CISA KEV

Not listed

Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

EPSS

0.0016

4th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

Product	Fixed in	Fix	Released
No fix yet
Anki (Windows apps)	No fix yet	no-fix	n/a

Details

Published
October 7, 2025
Weakness
CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Vendor advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62185

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