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Description

A security issue was discovered in GNU Wget2 when handling Metalink documents. The application fails to properly validate file paths provided in Metalink <file name> elements. An attacker can abuse this behavior to write files to unintended locations on the system. This can lead to data loss or potentially allow further compromise of the user’s environment.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-12-29 | Published 2026-01-09 | Updated 2026-01-10 | Assigner fedora




HIGH: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version
affected

2.2.1 (semver)
unaffected

Timeline

2025-12-29:Reported to Red Hat.
2025-12-29:Made public.

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Arkadi Vainbrand for reporting this issue.

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-69194 vdb-entry

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2425773 (RHBZ#2425773) issue-tracking

cve.org (CVE-2025-69194)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-69194)

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