Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting wget package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WGET-17891509
  • published8 Jul 2026
  • disclosed7 Jul 2026
  • creditTristan Madani

Introduced: 7 Jul 2026

Malicious CVE-2026-58470  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Avoid using wget altogether.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound in the parse_content_range function. An attacker can cause undefined behavior and disrupt the download process by supplying malicious Content-Range header values.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1