CVE-2025-69195

Jan. 9, 2026, 8:15 a.m.

7.6
High

Description

A flaw was found in GNU Wget2. This vulnerability, a stack-based buffer overflow, occurs in the filename sanitization logic when processing attacker-controlled URL paths, particularly when filename restriction options are active. A remote attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted URL, which, upon user interaction with wget2, can lead to memory corruption. This can cause the application to crash and potentially allow for further malicious activities.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Gnu
  • Wget2
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-121
Stack-based Buffer Overflow
A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a gnu wget2 / / / / / / / /

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-69195
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2425770

Tags

CWE-121
patrick@puiterwijk.org
2026-01-09
CVE-2025-69195

CVSS Score

7.6 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: LOW
  • Integrity Impact: LOW
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

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Timeline

Published: Jan. 9, 2026, 8:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Jan. 9, 2026, 8:15 a.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

patrick@puiterwijk.org

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