critical
CVE-2024-38428
wget: Misinterpretation of input may lead to improper behavior
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Red Hat5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Julia9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, CBL-Mariner, Julia, Photon OS. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), AlmaLinux (medium), Amazon (medium), Oracle (medium), Rocky Linux (medium), Ubuntu (medium).
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.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| CBL-Mariner 2.0 | wget | 0:1.21.2-3.cm2 |
| julia::Julia Ecosystem Security Advisories | wget_jll | 1.25.0+0 |
| Photon OS 3.0 | wget | 1.21.3-2.ph3 |
| Photon OS 4.0 | wget | 1.21.3-2.ph4 |
| Photon OS 5.0 | wget | 1.21.3-5.ph5 |
| alma 8 | wget | 1.19.5-12.el8_10 |
| alma 9 | wget | 1.21.1-8.el9_4 |
| amazon linux 2023 | wget, wget-debuginfo, wget-debugsource | 1.21.3-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
| debian 10 | wget | no fix listed |
| debian 11 | wget | 1.21-1+deb11u2 |
| debian 12 | wget | 1.21.3-1+deb12u1 |
| debian 13 | wget | 1.24.5-2 |
Show all 46 entries from 40 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| CBL-Mariner 2.0 | wget | 0:1.21.2-3.cm2 |
| julia::Julia Ecosystem Security Advisories | wget_jll | 1.25.0+0 |
| Photon OS 3.0 | wget | 1.21.3-2.ph3 |
| Photon OS 4.0 | wget | 1.21.3-2.ph4 |
| Photon OS 5.0 | wget | 1.21.3-5.ph5 |
| alma 8 | wget | 1.19.5-12.el8_10 |
| alma 9 | wget | 1.21.1-8.el9_4 |
| amazon linux 2023 | wget | 1.21.3-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
| amazon linux 2023 | wget-debuginfo | 1.21.3-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
| amazon linux 2023 | wget-debugsource | 1.21.3-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
| debian 10 | wget | no fix listed |
| debian 11 | wget | 1.21-1+deb11u2 |
| debian 12 | wget | 1.21.3-1+deb12u1 |
| debian 13 | wget | 1.24.5-2 |
| debian 14 | wget | 1.24.5-2 |
| echo | wget | 1.21.3-1+deb12u1 |
| Oracle Linux 8 | wget | 1.19.5-12.0.1.el8_10 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | wget | 1.21.1-8.el9_4 |
| rapidfort amazon linux 2023 | wget | 1.21.3-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
| rapidfort Oracle Linux 9 | wget | 0:1.21.1-8.el9_4 |
| rapidfort ubuntu 20.04 | rf-wget | 0:1.21.2-2ubuntu1.1, 0:1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1 |
| rapidfort ubuntu 20.04 | wget | 0:1.21.2-2ubuntu1.1, 0:1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1 |
| rapidfort ubuntu 22.04 | rf-wget | 0:1.21.2-2ubuntu1.1, 0:1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1 |
| rapidfort ubuntu 22.04 | wget | 0:1.21.2-2ubuntu1.1, 0:1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1 |
| rapidfort ubuntu 24.04 | rf-wget | 0:1.21.2-2ubuntu1.1, 0:1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1 |
| rapidfort ubuntu 24.04 | wget | 0:1.21.2-2ubuntu1.1, 0:1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1 |
| Red Hat | wget | no fix listed |
| rocky 8 | wget | 1.19.5-12.el8_10 |
| rocky 9 | wget | 1.21.1-8.el9_4 |
| root.io debian 11 | rootio-wget | 1.21-1+deb11u2 |
| root.io debian 12 | rootio-wget | 1.21.3-1+deb12u1, 1.21.3-1+deb12u1.root.io.1, 1.21.3-1+deb12u1.root.io.2, 1.21.3-1+deb12u1.root.io.3 |
| root.io debian 12 | wget | 1.21.3-1+deb12u1, 1.21.3-1+deb12u1.root.io.1, 1.21.3-1+deb12u1.root.io.2, 1.21.3-1+deb12u1.root.io.3 |
| root.io debian 13 | rootio-wget | 1.24.5-2 |
| root.io ubuntu 22.04 | rootio-wget | 1.21.2-2ubuntu1.1 |
| root.io ubuntu 24.04 | rootio-wget | 1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | wget | 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5+esm1 |
| ubuntu 18.04-ESM | wget | 1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2+esm1 |
| ubuntu 20.04 | wget | 1.20.3-1ubuntu2.1 |
| ubuntu 20.04-ESM | wget | 1.20.3-1ubuntu2.1 |
| ubuntu 22.04 | wget | 1.21.2-2ubuntu1.1 |
| ubuntu 23.10 | wget | 1.21.3-1ubuntu1.1 |
| ubuntu 24.04 | wget | 1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1 |
| ubuntu 24.10 | wget | 1.24.5-1ubuntu2 |
| ubuntu 25.04 | wget | 1.24.5-1ubuntu2 |
| ubuntu 25.10 | wget | 1.24.5-1ubuntu2 |
| ubuntu 26.04 | wget | 1.24.5-1ubuntu2 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6192
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38428
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2292836
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2292836
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-38428
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-6192.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:6192
All 19 references
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=ed0c7c7e0e8f7298352646b2fd6e06a11e242ace
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2024-38428.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-6192.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00029.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2024-06/msg00005.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38428
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241115-0005/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6852-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6852-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8543-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38428