VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-69194

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.79%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-01-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A security issue was discovered in GNU Wget2 when handling Metalink documents. The application fails to properly validate file paths provided in Metalink <file name> elements. An attacker can abuse this behavior to write files to unintended locations on the system. This can lead to data loss or potentially allow further compromise of the user’s environment.

Weakness classification

  • patrick@puiterwijk.org: CWE-22

Primary references