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critical 9.1

CVE-2024-38428 json

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 wh…

published 2024-06-16 2 y ago modified 2026-07-18 3 mo ago also EUVD-2024-37320 , JLSEC-2026-120

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • julia wget_jll 1.25.0+0
  • gnu wget 1.24.5
  • wget Debian 12 1.21.3-1+deb12u1
  • wget Debian 14, Debian 13 1.24.5-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38428

  • wget Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.20.3-1ubuntu2.1
  • wget Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1.21.2-2ubuntu1.1
  • wget Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1
  • wget Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5+esm2
  • wget Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5+esm1
  • wget Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38428

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • wget RHEL 9 1.21.1-8.el9_4
  • wget RHEL 8 1.19.5-12.el8_10
  • wget RHEL 9.2 EUS 1.21.1-7.el9_2.1
  • wget RHEL 8.8 EUS 1.19.5-11.el8_8.1
  • wget RHEL 8.6 TUS, RHEL 8.6 E4S, RHEL 8.6 AUS 1.19.5-10.el8_6.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:6438RHSA-2024:6192RHSA-2024:6208RHSA-2024:5299RHSA-2024:4998

  • wget Linux Micro 6.0 1.24.5-1.1
  • wget SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 1.20.3-150600.19.3.1
  • wget SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Micro 5.5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 1.20.3-150000.3.20.1
  • wget SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 1.14-21.19.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20010-1SUSE-SU-2024:2201-1SUSE-SU-2024:2174-2SUSE-SU-2024:2174-1SUSE-SU-2024:2154-1

  • wget openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.24.5-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14056-1

  • wget AlmaLinux 9 1.21.1-8.el9_4
  • wget AlmaLinux 8 1.19.5-12.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:6192ALSA-2024:5299

  • wget Rocky Linux 9 1.21.1-8.el9_4
  • wget Rocky Linux 8 1.19.5-12.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:6192RLSA-2024:5299

  • wget CBL-Mariner 2.0 1.21.2-3

azure linux advisories AZL-42691

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-38428 updated cvss 5.5

wget: Misinterpretation of input may lead to improper behavior

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wget Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 wget
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Make sure to not add semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) wget 1.19.5-12.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix “Make sure to not add semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI.” RHSA-2024:5299
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) wget 1.21.1-8.el9_4
    fixed: vendor fix “Make sure to not add semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI.” RHSA-2024:6192
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) wget 1.19.5-10.el8_6.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) wget 1.19.5-10.el8_6.2
    fixed: vendor fix “Make sure to not add semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI.” RHSA-2024:4998
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) wget 1.19.5-11.el8_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Make sure to not add semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI.” RHSA-2024:6208
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) wget 1.21.1-7.el9_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Make sure to not add semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI.” RHSA-2024:6438
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) wget 1.19.5-10.el8_6.2
    fixed: vendor fix “Make sure to not add semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI.” RHSA-2024:4998
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 wget2
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CNA 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
OSV 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia wget_jll
<1.25.0+0
1.25.0+0

Affected products

  • gnu wget

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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