vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2021-31879: wget -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Apr 29, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

GNU Wget through 1.21.1 does not omit the Authorization header upon a redirect to a different origin, a related issue to CVE-2018-1000007.

Solution

no-fix-debian-deb-package
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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