CVE-2026-58469

A flaw was found in GNU Wget. A malicious server could exploit a heap buffer underread vulnerability by providing a specially crafted Metalink document containing a URL with only whitespace characters. This could lead to memory corruption and abnormal program behavior, potentially causing a denia...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-58469

GNU Wget through 1.25.0, fixed in commit 37a40fc, contains a heap buffer underread vulnerability in the cleanmetalinkstring function within src/metalink.c that allows a malicious server to trigger memory corruption by serving a Metalink document containing a whitespace-only URL. Attackers can cau...

CVE-2026-58469

GNU Wget through 1.25.0, fixed in commit 37a40fc, contains a heap buffer underread vulnerability in the cleanmetalinkstring function within src/metalink.c that allows a malicious server to trigger memory corruption by serving a Metalink document containing a whitespace-only URL. Attackers can cau...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-58469

GNU Wget through 1.25.0, fixed in commit 37a40fc, contains a heap buffer underread vulnerability in the cleanmetalinkstring function within src/metalink.c that allows a malicious server to trigger memory corruption by serving a Metalink document containing a whitespace-only URL. Attackers can cau...

CVE-2026-58469

GNU Wget prior to 1.25.0 is affected by a heap buffer underread in clean_metalink_string() inside src/metalink.c when parsing a Metalink URL that is whitespace-only. The issue can lead to memory corruption and abnormal program behavior; the CVE notes multiple CVSS measurements with high impact (a...

CVE-2026-58469 GNU Wget 1.25.0 Heap Buffer Underread via Metalink URL Parsing

GNU Wget through 1.25.0, fixed in commit 37a40fc, contains a heap buffer underread vulnerability in the cleanmetalinkstring function within src/metalink.c that allows a malicious server to trigger memory corruption by serving a Metalink document containing a whitespace-only URL. Attackers can cau...

CVE-2026-58469

GNU Wget through 1.25.0, fixed in commit 37a40fc, contains a heap buffer underread vulnerability in the cleanmetalinkstring function within src/metalink.c that allows a malicious server to trigger memory corruption by serving a Metalink document containing a whitespace-only URL. Attackers can cau...