VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2025-69194
An attacker can abuse this behavior to write files to unintended locations on the system.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.80%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.80%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.80% probability · 55th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- gnu/wget2
- Source
- patrick@puiterwijk.org
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-69194Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2425773Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.