CVE-2025-69195 (GCVE-0-2025-69195)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-09 07:57 – Updated: 2026-02-26 15:04
VLAI?
Title
Wget2: gnu wget2: memory corruption and crash via filename sanitization logic with attacker-controlled urls
Summary
A flaw was found in GNU Wget2. This vulnerability, a stack-based buffer overflow, occurs in the filename sanitization logic when processing attacker-controlled URL paths, particularly when filename restriction options are active. A remote attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted URL, which, upon user interaction with wget2, can lead to memory corruption. This can cause the application to crash and potentially allow for further malicious activities.
Severity ?
7.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-69195 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2425770 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Affected: 2.1.0 , ≤ 2.2.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 2.2.1 (semver)
Date Public ?
2025-12-29 00:00
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Arkadi Vainbrand for reporting this issue.
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