CVE-2026-16599
MEDIUMDescription
GNU wget is vulnerable to denial of service in its FTP OPIE/S-KEY authentication functionality. The server-supplied sequence number from the FTP challenge line is used as an iteration count for an MD5 key-derivation loop without any upper bound validation. A malicious FTP server or a network attacker positioned to intercept FTP traffic can send a crafted OPIE challenge with a sequence number near INT_MAX, causing wget to perform up to approximately 2.1 billion MD5 computations and suspend for some time. The --timeout option does not mitigate this because it applies only to network I/O, not CPU computation. This issue was fixed in commit e9697d98e7249b0f68a6be040a4f3dcc5bc101fa
How to fix
No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
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CVSS v4 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-3446 | Medium | 5.3 | 6.5% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2023-5678 | Medium | 5.3 | 4.5% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2023-3817 | Medium | 5.3 | 3.0% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2024-43499 | High | 7.5 | 2.6% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2023-6237 | Medium | 5.9 | 2.3% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2026-1519 | High | 7.5 | 1.6% | - | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2026-16599?
No published fix for CVE-2026-16599 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.
Is CVE-2026-16599 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2026-16599 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.38% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 31% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2026-16599?
CVE-2026-16599 has a CVSS v4 base score of 5.1, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
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