CVE-2024-38428
CRITICAL9.1EPSS 0.20%wget - security update
Published: 6/16/2024Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
url.c in GNU Wget through 1.24.5 mishandles semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, and thus there may be insecure behavior in which data that was supposed to be in the userinfo subcomponent is misinterpreted to be part of the host subcomponent.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/wgetfrom 0, < 1.21-1+deb11u2
- Debian/wgetfrom 0, < 1.21-1+deb11u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |