Out-of-bounds Read Affecting wget package, versions <1.20.3-150000.3.34.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.49% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-WGET-18290872
  • published24 Jul 2026
  • disclosed23 Jul 2026

Introduced: 23 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-58469  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 wget to version 1.20.3-150000.3.34.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wget package and not the wget package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU Wget through 1.25.0, fixed in commit 37a40fc, contains a heap buffer underread vulnerability in the clean_metalink_string() 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 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1