Vulnerability in wget
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A vulnerability tracked as UBUNTU-CVE-2024-10524 has been found in wget.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "wget UBUNTU-CVE-2024-10524" on the vendor's site.
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-10524 (wget)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in wget.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of wget.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'wget' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1
Identify exposureidentify
grep -r 'wget' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
wgetを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
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Post-deployment verificationverify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | wget |
All versions |
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| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | wget |
All versions |
— |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | wget |
All versions |
— |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | wget |
All versions |
— |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | wget |
All versions |
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| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | wget |
All versions |
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| Ubuntu:25.10 | wget |
All versions |
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Original description The description as published by the source.
Applications that use Wget to access a remote resource using shorthand URLs and pass arbitrary user credentials in the URL are vulnerable. In these cases attackers can enter crafted credentials which will cause Wget to access an arbitrary host.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
References
- report ubuntu.com
- report cve.org
- report openwall.com
- report jfrog.com