RHSA-2026:62144 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for wget is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The wget packages provide the GNU Wget file retrieval utility for HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols.

Security Fix(es):

• wget: GNU Wget: Memory corruption via crafted Metalink URL (CVE-2026-58469)
• wget: GNU Wget: Heap buffer overflow via server-supplied filename leads to memory corruption (CVE-2026-58471)
• wget: GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted HTML attribute (CVE-2026-58472)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• wget async unsafe code in signal handler context [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:RHEL-145875)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2497838 - CVE-2026-58469 wget: GNU Wget: Memory corruption via crafted Metalink URL
• BZ - 2497850 - CVE-2026-58471 wget: GNU Wget: Heap buffer overflow via server-supplied filename leads to memory corruption
• BZ - 2497857 - CVE-2026-58472 wget: GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted HTML attribute

CVEs

• CVE-2026-58469
• CVE-2026-58471
• CVE-2026-58472

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate