From f653cc19cacead7612c6e1dcd501cf55c3949998 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <bashonly@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 01:30:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [devalue] `-2` is invalid input

Authored by: bashonly
---
 yt_dlp/utils/web/devalue.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/web/devalue.py b/yt_dlp/utils/web/devalue.py
index a13e8a8a5..e3213b439 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils/web/devalue.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils/web/devalue.py
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ def parse_iter(parsed: typing.Any, /, *, revivers: dict[str, collections.abc.Cal
         -6: -0.0,
     }
     if isinstance(parsed, int):
+        if parsed == -2:
+            raise ValueError('invalid input')
         return resolved[parsed]
     elif not isinstance(parsed, list):
         raise ValueError('expected int or list as input')