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Debian: CVE-2024-10524: wget -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 19, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Applications that use Wget to access a remote resource using shorthand URLs and pass arbitrary user credentials in the URL are vulnerable. In these cases attackers can enter crafted credentials which will cause Wget to access an arbitrary host.

Solution

no-fix-debian-deb-package
Title
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