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.

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.

libwget4-2.2.1-1.1 on GA media

Affected: Ubuntu:18.04:LTS: wget2, Ubuntu:20.04:LTS: wget2, Ubuntu:22.04:LTS: wget2, Ubuntu:24.04:LTS: wget2, Ubuntu:25.10: wget2, Ubuntu:26.04:LTS: wget2

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.

Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in wget ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren, und um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.