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

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