CVE-2025-69194: Wget2: arbitrary file write via metalink path traversal in gnu wget2
Gnu · Wget2
Vendor fix available · Affected: Gnu Wget2 · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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Higher than 56% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- wget2up to and including 2.2.0
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Gnu
- Published
- January 2026
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