CVE-2025-69194

9.8 criticalEPSS 0.8%

Critical (9.8) in gnu wget2. EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A security issue was discovered in GNU Wget2 when handling Metalink documents. The application fails to properly validate file paths provided in Metalink <file name> elements. An attacker can abuse this behavior to write files to unintended locations on the system. This can lead to data loss or potentially allow further compromise of the user’s environment.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 56% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2026-01-09
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

gnu:wget2

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-69194
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2425773

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