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RockyLinux 8 : wget (RLSA-2026:62144)

high Nessus Plugin ID 342279

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

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.

Solution

Update the affected wget, wget-debuginfo and / or wget-debugsource packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2497838

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2497850

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2497857

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:62144

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 342279

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-62144.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/2/2026

Updated: 9/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

Percentile: 96.31

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-58472

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-58469

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wget-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wget-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wget

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-58469, CVE-2026-58471, CVE-2026-58472