GNU Wget through 1.25.0, fixed in commit dd692d9, contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the html_quote_string() function in src/convert.c that allows a remote attacker to trigger memory corruption by supplying a crafted HTML attribute with a large number of characters requiring entity encoding. A server-supplied HTML attribute causes a signed integer counter to overflow during output size accumulation, resulting in an undersized heap allocation and subsequent heap buffer overflow during the copy phase.

According to the versions of the wget packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    GNU Wget through 1.25.0, fixed in commit c2640fe, contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the     convert_fname() function within src/url.c that allows remote attackers to trigger memory corruption     through a server-supplied filename requiring character set conversion. When the output buffer is too small     during iconv E2BIG reallocation, the reallocation logic miscalculates the remaining space, leading to a     heap buffer overflow that can be exploited via a maliciously crafted server response.(CVE-2026-58471)

    GNU Wget through 1.25.0, fixed in commit 37a40fc, contains a heap buffer underread vulnerability in the     clean_metalink_string() function within src/metalink.c that allows a malicious server to trigger memory     corruption by serving a Metalink document containing a whitespace-only URL. Attackers can cause the     function to decrement a pointer past the start of the buffer when processing an all-whitespace Metalink     URL, potentially leading to abnormal program behavior.(CVE-2026-58469)

    GNU Wget through 1.25.0, fixed in commit dd692d9, contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the     html_quote_string() function in src/convert.c that allows a remote attacker to trigger memory corruption     by supplying a crafted HTML attribute with a large number of characters requiring entity encoding. A     server-supplied HTML attribute causes a signed integer counter to overflow during output size     accumulation, resulting in an undersized heap allocation and subsequent heap buffer overflow during the     copy phase.(CVE-2026-58472)

    GNU Wget through 1.25.0, fixed in commit 43d3ba9, contains an integer overflow vulnerability in the     parse_content_range() function within src/http.c that allows server-controlled values to cause signed     integer arithmetic to overflow. Attackers can supply malicious Content-Range header values to trigger     undefined behavior and download desynchronization in the affected client.(CVE-2026-58470)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS wget security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2026-1757:02 advisory.

    * wget: GNU Wget: Heap buffer overflow via server-supplied filename leads to memory corruption     (CVE-2026-58471)
      * wget: GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted HTML attribute     (CVE-2026-58472)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-621440 advisory.

    - Fix CVE-2026-58469: buffer underflow in clean_metalink_string()
    - Fix CVE-2026-58471: buffer overflow in convert_fname()
    - Fix CVE-2026-58472: integer and buffer overflow in html_quote_string()

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2026-1745:01 advisory.

    * wget: GNU Wget: Memory corruption via crafted Metalink URL (CVE-2026-58469)
      * wget: GNU Wget: Heap buffer overflow via server-supplied filename leads to memory corruption     (CVE-2026-58471)
      * wget: GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted HTML attribute     (CVE-2026-58472)     Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
      * wget async unsafe code in signal handler context [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:RHEL-145875)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:62142 advisory.

    * wget: GNU Wget: Heap buffer overflow via server-supplied filename leads to memory corruption     (CVE-2026-58471)
      * wget: GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted HTML attribute     (CVE-2026-58472)


    Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

      * wget async unsafe code in signal handler context [almalinux-10.2.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-220498)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:62142 advisory.

    * wget: GNU Wget: Heap buffer overflow via server-supplied filename leads to memory corruption     (CVE-2026-58471)

    * wget: GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted HTML attribute     (CVE-2026-58472)

    Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

    * wget async unsafe code in signal handler context [rhel-10.2.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-220498)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:62144 advisory.

    * wget: GNU Wget: Memory corruption via crafted Metalink URL (CVE-2026-58469)
      * wget: GNU Wget: Heap buffer overflow via server-supplied filename leads to memory corruption     (CVE-2026-58471)
      * wget: GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted HTML attribute     (CVE-2026-58472)


    Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

      * wget async unsafe code in signal handler context [almalinux-8.10.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-145875)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:62143 advisory.

    * wget: GNU Wget: Heap buffer overflow via server-supplied filename leads to memory corruption     (CVE-2026-58471)
      * wget: GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted HTML attribute     (CVE-2026-58472)


    Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

      * wget async unsafe code in signal handler context [almalinux-9.8.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-220497)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-621430 advisory.

    - Fix CVE-2026-58471: buffer overflow in convert_fname()

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-621420 advisory.

    - Fix CVE-2026-58471: buffer overflow in convert_fname()       Resolves: RHEL-194518

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:62143 advisory.

    * wget: GNU Wget: Heap buffer overflow via server-supplied filename leads to memory corruption     (CVE-2026-58471)

    * wget: GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted HTML attribute     (CVE-2026-58472)

    Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

    * wget async unsafe code in signal handler context [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-220497)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:62144 advisory.

    * wget: GNU Wget: Memory corruption via crafted Metalink URL (CVE-2026-58469)

    * wget: GNU Wget: Heap buffer overflow via server-supplied filename leads to memory corruption     (CVE-2026-58471)

    * wget: GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted HTML attribute     (CVE-2026-58472)

    Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

    * wget async unsafe code in signal handler context [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-145875)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:62142 advisory.

    The wget packages provide the GNU Wget file retrieval utility for HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols.

    Security Fix(es):

    * wget: GNU Wget: Heap buffer overflow via server-supplied filename leads to memory corruption     (CVE-2026-58471)

    * wget: GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted HTML attribute     (CVE-2026-58472)

    Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

    * wget async unsafe code in signal handler context [rhel-10.2.z] (JIRA:RHEL-220498)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:62143 advisory.

    The wget packages provide the GNU Wget file retrieval utility for HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols.

    Security Fix(es):

    * wget: GNU Wget: Heap buffer overflow via server-supplied filename leads to memory corruption     (CVE-2026-58471)

    * wget: GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted HTML attribute     (CVE-2026-58472)

    Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

    * wget async unsafe code in signal handler context [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-220497)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:62144 advisory.

    The wget packages provide the GNU Wget file retrieval utility for HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols.

    Security Fix(es):

    * wget: GNU Wget: Memory corruption via crafted Metalink URL (CVE-2026-58469)

    * wget: GNU Wget: Heap buffer overflow via server-supplied filename leads to memory corruption     (CVE-2026-58471)

    * wget: GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted HTML attribute     (CVE-2026-58472)

    Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

    * wget async unsafe code in signal handler context [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:RHEL-145875)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21665-1 advisory.

    Security issued fixed:

    - CVE-2026-15146: unvalidated IP address in an FTP PASV response can lead to server-side request forgery     (bsc#1271320).
    - CVE-2026-58469: Metalink document containing a whitespace-only URL can cause a heap buffer underread     (bsc#1271033).
    - CVE-2026-58470: server-controlled `Content-Range` header values can cause an integer overflow in       `parse_content_range()` (bsc#1271034).
    - CVE-2026-58471: server-supplied filenames requiring character set conversion could lead to heap memory     corruption       (bsc#1271035).
    - CVE-2026-58472: crafted HTML attribute with a large number of characters requiring entity encoding can     lead to a heap       buffer overflow (bsc#1271036).

    Other updates and bugfixes:

    - Fix segmentation fault in metalink4 (bsc#1273449).
    - Fix metalink regression from CVE-2026-58469 fix (bsc#1272219).
      * See: commit 7b1cdecc49bc77bde220fc575c8a00386c3f3bcf from https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-7bbb52b49d advisory.

    Fix for CVE-2026-15146, CVE-2026-58470, CVE-2026-58471, CVE-2026-58472

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3205-1 advisory.

    This update for wget fixes the following issues

    - CVE-2026-15146: unvalidated IP address in an FTP PASV response can lead to server-side request forgery     (bsc#1271320).
    - CVE-2026-58470: server-controlled `Content-Range` header values can cause an integer overflow in       `parse_content_range()` (bsc#1271034).
    - CVE-2026-58472: crafted HTML attribute with a large number of characters requiring entity encoding can     lead to a heap       buffer overflow (bsc#1271036).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3206-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2026-15146: unvalidated IP address in an FTP PASV response can lead to server-side request forgery     (bsc#1271320).
    - CVE-2026-58469: Metalink document containing a whitespace-only URL can cause a heap buffer underread     (bsc#1271033).
    - CVE-2026-58470: server-controlled `Content-Range` header values can cause an integer overflow in       `parse_content_range()` (bsc#1271034).
    - CVE-2026-58471: server-supplied filenames requiring character set conversion could lead to heap memory     corruption       (bsc#1271035).
    - CVE-2026-58472: crafted HTML attribute with a large number of characters requiring entity encoding can     lead to a heap       buffer overflow (bsc#1271036).
    - Fix metalink regression from CVE-2026-58469 fix (bsc#1272219).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3148-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2026-15146: unvalidated IP address in an FTP PASV response can lead to server-side request forgery     (bsc#1271320).
    - CVE-2026-58469: Metalink document containing a whitespace-only URL can cause a heap buffer underread     (bsc#1271033).
    - CVE-2026-58470: server-controlled values can cause an integer overflow in parse_content_range()     (bsc#1271034).
    - CVE-2026-58471: server-supplied filenames requiring character set conversion could lead to heap memory     corruption       (bsc#1271035).
    - CVE-2026-58472: crafted HTML attribute with a large number of characters can lead to a heap buffer     overflow       (bsc#1271036).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-1b91a2f126 advisory.

    Fix for CVE-2026-15146, CVE-2026-58470, CVE-2026-58471, CVE-2026-58472

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8543-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Wget mishandled semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URL. A remote attacker     could possibly use this issue to trick a user into connecting to a different host than intended. This     issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-38428)

    It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled Metalink documents containing a whitespace-only URL. A     remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2026-58469)

    It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled Content-Range header values, leading to an integer     overflow. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause download desynchronization.
    (CVE-2026-58470)

    It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled character set conversion of server-supplied filenames. A     remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary     code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and     Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-58471)

    It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled HTML attributes requiring entity encoding. A remote     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2026-58472)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - GNU Wget through 1.25.0, fixed in commit dd692d9, contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the     html_quote_string() function in src/convert.c that allows a remote attacker to trigger memory corruption     by supplying a crafted HTML attribute with a large number of characters requiring entity encoding. A     server-supplied HTML attribute causes a signed integer counter to overflow during output size     accumulation, resulting in an undersized heap allocation and subsequent heap buffer overflow during the     copy phase. (CVE-2026-58472)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
343738	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : wget (EulerOS-SA-2026-3319)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
343656	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : wget (EulerOS-SA-2026-3394)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
342770	MiracleLinux 9 : wget-1.21.1-11.el9_8 (AXSA:2026-1757:02)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
342675	Oracle Linux 8 : ELSA-2026-62144-0: / wget (ELSA-2026-621440)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
342579	MiracleLinux 8 : wget-1.19.5-16.el8_10 (AXSA:2026-1745:01)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
342492	AlmaLinux 10 : wget (ALSA-2026:62142)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
342450	RockyLinux 10 : wget (RLSA-2026:62142)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
342448	AlmaLinux 8 : wget (ALSA-2026:62144)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
342396	AlmaLinux 9 : wget (ALSA-2026:62143)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
342292	Oracle Linux 9 : ELSA-2026-62143-0: / wget (ELSA-2026-621430)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
342290	Oracle Linux 10 : ELSA-2026-62142-0: / wget (ELSA-2026-621420)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
342282	RockyLinux 9 : wget (RLSA-2026:62143)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
342279	RockyLinux 8 : wget (RLSA-2026:62144)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
342249	RHEL 10 : wget (RHSA-2026:62142)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	medium
342242	RHEL 9 : wget (RHSA-2026:62143)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	medium
342227	RHEL 8 : wget (RHSA-2026:62144)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	high
341540	openSUSE 16 Security Update : wget (openSUSE-SU-2026:21665-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
329524	Fedora 43 : wget1 (2026-7bbb52b49d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
329293	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : wget (SUSE-SU-2026:3205-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	medium
329292	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : wget (SUSE-SU-2026:3206-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
328912	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : wget (SUSE-SU-2026:3148-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
328448	Fedora 44 : wget1 (2026-1b91a2f126)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
327000	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Wget vulnerabilities (USN-8543-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
325678	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-58472	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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