Security & Threat Intelligence · 20.08.2026, 23:32 UTC
USN-8543-2: Wget regression
| Schweregrad | info |
|---|---|
| CVE | ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ |
| Kategorie | Security & Threat Intelligence |
| Quelle | Ubuntu Security Notices ↗ |
| Veröffentlicht | 20.08.2026 UTC |
Sicherheitsmeldung mit Schweregrad noch nicht bewertet. Betroffene Kennungen: CVE-2024-38428, CVE-2026-58469, CVE-2026-58470, CVE-2026-58471, CVE-2026-58472. Technische Details im Tab „Originaltext“; empfohlene Schritte in der Checkliste.
USN-8543-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Wget. The update for CVE-2026-58472 was incomplete and could introduce a regression. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Wget mishandled semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URL. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to trick a user into connecting to a different host than intended. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-38428)
It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled Metalink documents containing a whitespace-only URL. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-58469)
It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled Content-Range header values, leading to an integer overflow. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause download desynchronization. (CVE-2026-58470)
It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled character set conversion of server-supplied filenames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-58471)
It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled HTML attributes requiring entity encoding. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. …