Security Advisory

CVE-2024-38428

9.1
CRITICAL

Vulnerability Description

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.
Published Date June 16, 2024
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory