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GHSA-82JV-F4JX-8R27

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-09 09:31 – Updated: 2026-01-09 09:31

Details

A security issue was discovered in GNU Wget2 when handling Metalink documents. The application fails to properly validate file paths provided in Metalink 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.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2025-69194 (GCVE-0-2025-69194)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-09 07:53 – Updated: 2026-01-09 13:58

Title

Wget2: arbitrary file write via metalink path traversal in gnu wget2

Summary

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.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

fedora

References

URL

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	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-69194	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2425773	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
			Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.2.0 (semver) Unaffected: 2.2.1 (semver)

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Arkadi Vainbrand for reporting this issue.

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-82JV-F4JX-8R27

CVE-2025-69194 (GCVE-0-2025-69194)

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