FKIE_CVE-2025-69194

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-09 08:15 - Updated: 2026-01-09 08:15
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
patrick@puiterwijk.orghttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-69194
patrick@puiterwijk.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2425773
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      "value": "A security issue was discovered in GNU Wget2 when handling Metalink documents. The application fails to properly validate file paths provided in Metalink \u003cfile name\u003e 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\u2019s environment."
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  "lastModified": "2026-01-09T08:15:57.980",
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