RHSA-2026:62144 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: wget security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 8

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · September 2, 2026

Updated · September 2, 2026

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.