[YoutubeDL] urlopen: disable the 'file:' protocol (#8227)

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / YoutubeDL.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 3b2be3159115e907359557178be1238b061ca507..e8ce586042334c3df3a6b98cff54d762620cf7c4 100755 (executable)
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             # only set the 'formats' fields if the original info_dict list them
             # otherwise we end up with a circular reference, the first (and unique)
             # element in the 'formats' field in info_dict is info_dict itself,
-            # wich can't be exported to json
+            # which can't be exported to json
             info_dict['formats'] = formats
         if self.params.get('listformats'):
             self.list_formats(info_dict)
@@ -1986,8 +1986,14 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         https_handler = make_HTTPS_handler(self.params, debuglevel=debuglevel)
         ydlh = YoutubeDLHandler(self.params, debuglevel=debuglevel)
         data_handler = compat_urllib_request_DataHandler()
-        opener = compat_urllib_request.build_opener(
-            proxy_handler, https_handler, cookie_processor, ydlh, data_handler)
+        unknown_handler = compat_urllib_request.UnknownHandler()
+        handlers = (proxy_handler, https_handler, cookie_processor, ydlh, data_handler, unknown_handler)
+        # we don't use build_opener because it automatically adds FileHandler,
+        # which can be used for malicious purposes (see
+        # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/8227)
+        opener = compat_urllib_request.OpenerDirector()
+        for handler in handlers:
+            opener.add_handler(handler)
 
         # Delete the default user-agent header, which would otherwise apply in
         # cases where our custom HTTP handler doesn't come into play