CVE-2024-38428 (GCVE-0-2024-38428)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-16 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-21 10:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
url.c in GNU Wget through 1.24.5 mishandles semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, and thus there may be insecure behavior in which data that was supposed to be in the userinfo subcomponent is misinterpreted to be part of the host subcomponent.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-19 19:48 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-436 - Interpretation Conflict
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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