Vulnerability in wget
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A vulnerability tracked as UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38428 has been found in wget.
Confidential information can be exposed externally.
What to do: upgrade wget to 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5+esm2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "wget UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38428" on the vendor's site.
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38428 (wget)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5+esm2 — apply immediately
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: ?. Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5+esm2.
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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Apply patchpatch
Upgrade wget to 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5+esm2ステージング環境で 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5+esm2 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3
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 |
< 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5+esm2 |
1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5+esm2 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | wget |
< 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5+esm1 |
1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5+esm1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | wget |
< 1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2+esm1 |
1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2+esm1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | wget |
< 1.20.3-1ubuntu2.1 |
1.20.3-1ubuntu2.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | wget |
< 1.21.2-2ubuntu1.1 |
1.21.2-2ubuntu1.1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | wget |
< 1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1 |
1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1 |
Original description The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
References
- advisory ubuntu.com
- advisory ubuntu.com
- advisory ubuntu.com
- report ubuntu.com
- report cve.org
- report lists.gnu.org