CVE-2024-38428
Published: June 18, 2024Last modified: June 5, 2025
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.
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 9.1 |
Attack Vector | NETWORK |
Attack complexity | LOW |
Privileges required | NONE |
User interaction | NONE |
Scope | UNCHANGED |
Confidentiality | HIGH |
Integrity impact | HIGH |
Availability impact | NONE |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
Status
Product | Release | Package | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | wget | Unknown (1.21.3-r2) |
Stream | wget | Unknown (1.21.3-r2) |