Out-of-bounds Read Affecting wget package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WGET-17891536
  • published8 Jul 2026
  • disclosed7 Jul 2026
  • creditTristan Madani

Introduced: 7 Jul 2026

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

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read in the clean_metalink_string function when processing Metalink documents containing a whitespace-only URL. An attacker can cause memory corruption and abnormal program behavior by serving a specially crafted Metalink document.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1