Is CVE-2024-38428 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-38428 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-38428?

CVE-2024-38428 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-38428?

CVE-2024-38428 has an EPSS score of 0.67% (47th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-38428?

Upgrade wget on debian 11 to 1.21-1+deb11u2 or later. Fixes are available for 8 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-38428

CRITICAL

9.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

url.c in GNU Wget through 1.24.5 mishandles semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, and thus there may be insecure behavior in which data that was supposed to be in the userinfo subcomponent is misinterpreted to be part of the host subcomponent.

CWE-436

How to fix

Remediation Available

wgetDebian

Fixed in:1.21-1+deb11u2CVE-2024-38428

Fixed in:1.21.3-1+deb12u1CVE-2024-38428

Fixed in:1.24.5-2CVE-2024-38428

wgetRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-10.el8_6.2RHSA-2024:4998

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-10.el8_6.2RHSA-2024:4998

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-10.el8_6.2RHSA-2024:4998

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-11.el8_8.1RHSA-2024:6208

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-10.el8_6.2RHSA-2024:4998

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-11.el8_8.1RHSA-2024:6208

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-11.el8_8.1RHSA-2024:6208

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-8.el9_4RHSA-2024:6192

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-7.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:6438

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-8.el9_4RHSA-2024:6192

wgetRocky

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-11.el8_8.1RHSA-2024:6208

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-10.el8_6.2RHSA-2024:4998

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-11.el8_8.1RHSA-2024:6208

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-11.el8_8.1RHSA-2024:6208

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-10.el8_6.2RHSA-2024:4998

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-10.el8_6.2RHSA-2024:4998

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-11.el8_8.1RHSA-2024:6208

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-10.el8_6.2RHSA-2024:4998

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-8.el9_4RHSA-2024:6192

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-7.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:6438

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-8.el9_4RHSA-2024:6192

wget-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-11.el8_8.1RHSA-2024:6208

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-10.el8_6.2RHSA-2024:4998

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-10.el8_6.2RHSA-2024:4998

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-11.el8_8.1RHSA-2024:6208

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-8.el9_4RHSA-2024:6192

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-7.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:6438

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-8.el9_4RHSA-2024:6192

wget-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-10.el8_6.2RHSA-2024:4998

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-11.el8_8.1RHSA-2024:6208

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-10.el8_6.2RHSA-2024:4998

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-11.el8_8.1RHSA-2024:6208

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-11.el8_8.1RHSA-2024:6208

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-7.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:6438

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-8.el9_4RHSA-2024:6192

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-7.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:6438

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-8.el9_4RHSA-2024:6192

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-7.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:6438

wget-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-10.el8_6.2RHSA-2024:4998

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-11.el8_8.1RHSA-2024:6208

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-10.el8_6.2RHSA-2024:4998

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-8.el9_4RHSA-2024:6192

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-7.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:6438

wget-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-11.el8_8.1RHSA-2024:6208

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-12.el8_10RHSA-2024:5299

Fixed in:0:1.19.5-10.el8_6.2RHSA-2024:4998

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-8.el9_4RHSA-2024:6192

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-7.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:6438

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-8.el9_4RHSA-2024:6192

Fixed in:0:1.21.1-7.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:6438

wgetUbuntu

Fixed in:1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5+esm1USN-6852-2

Fixed in:1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2+esm1USN-6852-2

Fixed in:1.20.3-1ubuntu2.1USN-6852-1

Fixed in:1.21.2-2ubuntu1.1USN-6852-1

Fixed in:1.21.3-1ubuntu1.1USN-6852-1

Fixed in:1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1USN-6852-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.67%probability of exploitation in 30 days

47thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 47% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Other references2

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