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CVE-2026-58469: wget through 1.25.0 (inclusive), 0 through 1.25.0
CVE-2026-58469. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.5 (HIGH, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.00493 (percentile 0.4207), scored 25-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
wget · through 1.25.0 (inclusive)
gnu
wget · 0 through 1.25.0
gnuwget
Description’s affected range: through 1.25.0, fixed in commit 37a40fc,
Component: Not specified by the source
Function: within, to
Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 4.0): Network (remote) · No privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Attackers can cause the function to decrement a pointer past the start of the buffer when processing an all-whitespace Metalink URL, potentially leading to abnormal program behavior. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 8.7/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as high.
- CWE
- CWE-125
- CCR priority
- 30.1 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · Vendor/CNA
- EPSS
- 0.00493 · percentile 0.4207 · 2026-10-25
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-25 21:44:36.062275+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-58469.html