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CVE-2024-38428VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: wget security update

Affects Red Hat wgetSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 17:20 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 3 Sep 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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.

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