CVE-2026-58472
A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in wget to conduct a denial of service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities allow a remote attacker to conduct a denial of service attack.
- Who is affected
- Users of wget are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to the nature of the vulnerabilities.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of wget.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.22% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 13% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
- medium[NEW] [medium] wget: Multiple vulnerabilities allow denial of servicecert-bund · 2026-07-08
- mediumCVE-2026-58472: GNU Wget through 1.25.0, fixed in commit dd692d9, contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerabilit…nvd · 2026-07-07
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