Open Redirect The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package wget  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2510-WGET-15025041
  • published17 Jan 2026
  • disclosed29 Apr 2021

Introduced: 29 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-31879  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-601  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:25.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wget package and not the wget package as distributed by Ubuntu.

GNU Wget through 1.21.1 does not omit the Authorization header upon a redirect to a different origin, a related issue to CVE-2018-1000007.