RockyLinux 9 : wget (RLSA-2026:62143)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 342282

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Synopsis

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

Description

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.

Solution

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 342282

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-62143.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

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: Medium

Base Score: 6

Threat Score: 2.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, 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-2026-58471, CVE-2026-58472

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