Red Hat Security Advisory: wget security update
Affects Red Hat wgetSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 17:20 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 3 Sep 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated wget packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its Extended Update Support and Extended Life Cycle variants. Users should apply these official updates following Red Hat's guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are specified or required beyond applying the update.
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2024-38428) was identified in the GNU Wget utility as packaged by Red Hat. The flaw involves misinterpretation of input that may lead to improper behavior. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with a moderate severity rating and provided updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its variants. The advisory includes instructions for applying the update to remediate the issue.