Out-of-bounds Read Affecting wget package, versions <1.25.0-r15


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-WGET-18968942
  • published20 Aug 2026
  • disclosed7 Jul 2026

Introduced: 7 Jul 2026

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi wget to version 1.25.0-r15 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 Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi 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

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