Issued at: 2026-09-02
Updated at: 2026-09-03
Advisory content derived from Red Hat RHSA-2026:62142, © Red Hat, Inc., used under CC BY 4.0, with modifications.
Synopsis
Moderate: wget security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Description
The wget packages provide the GNU Wget file retrieval utility for HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols.
Security Fix(es):
* 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-10.2.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-220498)
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.