# CVE-2025-62185: Code injection in Anki

> Attackers can execute arbitrary code via a crafted shared deck that places a malicious YouTube downloader executable in the media folder.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j6hh-cgvw-j237

## What is CVE-2025-62185?

CVE-2025-62185 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Ankitects Anki, published on 7 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-62185?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ankitects Anki.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-62185?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-62185 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-62185 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-62185 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ankitects Anki

- [CVE-2024-32484](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32484/): Cross-site scripting in Anki (high 7.4)
- [CVE-2025-62186](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62186/): Command injection in Anki (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2025-43703](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43703/): Security feature bypass in Anki (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-32152](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32152/): Ankitects Anki LaTeX Blocklist Bypass vulnerability (low 3.1)
- [CVE-2025-62187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62187/): Path traversal in Anki (low 2.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-62185 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-62185 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Ankitects Anki, published on 7 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-62185 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ankitects Anki. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62185/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62185/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62185
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62185
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-62185

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62185/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.