Google: net-misc/wget: security update to 18244.291.63

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 450591

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Applications that use Wget to access a remote resource using shorthand URLs and pass arbitrary user
credentials in the URL are vulnerable. In these cases attackers can enter crafted credentials which will
cause Wget to access an arbitrary host. (CVE-2024-10524)

Solution

Update the net-misc/wget library and its related packages to version 18244.291.63 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 450591

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.1

Percentile: 49.85

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-10524

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-10524

Detections

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