Google: net-misc/wget: security update to 18244.85.54

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 451434

Description

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

- 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. (CVE-2024-38428)

Solution

Update the net-misc/wget library and its related packages to version 18244.85.54 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 451434

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.37

Vendor

Vendor Severity: LOW

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38428

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38428

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