Path traversal in wget - CVE-2025-69194

Vulnerability identifier: #VU121012

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-69194

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error in the Metalink processing logic. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and create, truncate, or overwrite arbitrary files writable by the victim user.

wget
Anolis OS
ocaml
ocaml-compiler-libs
ocaml-doc
ocaml-ocamldoc
ocaml-runtime
ocaml-source

Install updates from vendor's website.

wget - update to 2.2.1
ocaml - update to 4.14.0-4
ocaml-compiler-libs - update to 4.14.0-4
ocaml-doc - update to 4.14.0-4
ocaml-ocamldoc - update to 4.14.0-4
ocaml-runtime - update to 4.14.0-4
ocaml-source - update to 4.14.0-4

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2425773
• https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2/-/commit/485c6aa5ba38cb369c6eb8564ea97cddc854049e

• Multiple vulnerabilities in GNU wget
• Anolis OS update for ocaml