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Critical · 9.1 CVE-2024-38428 EUVD-2024-37320GHSA-2j66-vp53-phjj

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 wh…

Published Jun 16, 2024 · Updated Apr 21, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Package: wget Package: wget Package: wget Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 wget 1.24.5-2 —
Debian 13 wget 1.24.5-2 —
Debian 12 wget 1.21.3-1+deb12u1 —
Debian 11 wget 1.21-1+deb11u2 DLA-4133-1

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS wget 1.25.0-2ubuntu4.2 USN-8543-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS wget 1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1 USN-8543-1, USN-6852-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS wget 1.21.2-2ubuntu1.1 USN-8543-1, USN-6852-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS wget 1.20.3-1ubuntu2.1 USN-6852-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS wget 1.20.3-1ubuntu2.1+esm2 USN-8543-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS wget 1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2+esm1 USN-8543-1, USN-6852-2
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS wget 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5+esm1 USN-8543-1, USN-6852-2
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS wget 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5+esm2 USN-8543-1

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 wget 1.21.1-8.el9_4 RHSA-2024:6192
RHEL 8 wget 1.19.5-12.el8_10 RHSA-2024:5299
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9.2 EUS wget 1.21.1-7.el9_2.1 RHSA-2024:6438
RHEL 8.8 EUS wget 1.19.5-11.el8_8.1 RHSA-2024:6208
RHEL 8.6 TUS wget 1.19.5-10.el8_6.2 RHSA-2024:4998
RHEL 8.6 E4S wget 1.19.5-10.el8_6.2 RHSA-2024:4998
RHEL 8.6 AUS wget 1.19.5-10.el8_6.2 RHSA-2024:4998

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 9 wget 1.21.1-8.el9_4 ALSA-2024:6192
AlmaLinux 8 wget 1.19.5-12.el8_10 ALSA-2024:5299

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 9 wget 1.21.1-8.el9_4 RLSA-2024:6192
Rocky Linux 8 wget 1.19.5-12.el8_10 RLSA-2024:5299

SUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 wget 1.20.3-150600.19.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2201-1
SLES 15 SP5 wget 1.20.3-150000.3.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2174-1
SLES 12 SP5 wget 1.14-21.19.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2154-1
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 wget 1.14-21.19.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2154-1
SLE Micro 6.0 wget 1.24.5-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20010-1
SLE Micro 5.5 wget 1.20.3-150000.3.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2174-2, SUSE-SU-2024:2174-1

openSUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed wget 1.24.5-2.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14056-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 wget 1.20.3-150600.19.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2201-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 wget 1.20.3-150000.3.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2174-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 wget 1.21.3-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2024-657

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) wget 1.21.2-3 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 wget 1.21.1-8.el9_4 ELSA-2024-6192
Oracle Linux 8 wget 1.19.5-12.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2024-5299

Advisories 27

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