VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-38428

CVSS score9.1 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.67%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-06-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-436: Interpretation Conflict

Primary references