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vulnerabilityCVE-2026-58469
Name
CVE-2026-58469
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
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.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
-

Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
wget
Exploitable

Vulnerability Ratings#


8.7
CVSSv4
7.5
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
master
1.25.0
Patched
openwrt
master
1.25.0-r5
Exploitable
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
1.25.0-r3
Exploitable
yocto
kirkstone
1.21.4
Exploitable
yocto
master
1.25.0
Patched
yocto
scarthgap
1.21.4
Exploitable

Resolved with patches#


wget (buildroot:master)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
* src/metalink.c (clean_metalink_string): Fix buffer
=?UTF-8?q?Tim=20R=C3=BChsen?= <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>
CVE-2026-58469
2
* src/metalink.c (clean_metalink_string): Fix inverted
ChenYanpan <chenyanpan@xfusion.com>
CVE-2026-58469
3
* src/metalink.c: Include ctype.h
=?UTF-8?q?Tim=20R=C3=BChsen?= <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>
CVE-2026-58469

wget (yocto:master)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
* src/metalink.c (clean_metalink_string): Fix inverted
ChenYanpan <chenyanpan@xfusion.com>
CVE-2026-58469
2
* src/metalink.c (clean_metalink_string): Fix buffer
=?UTF-8?q?Tim=20R=C3=BChsen?= <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>
CVE-2026-58469
3
* src/metalink.c: Include ctype.h
=?UTF-8?q?Tim=20R=C3=BChsen?= <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>
CVE-2026-58469