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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 (version 1.19.5-11.el8_8.1) that fix this vulnerability. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 variants should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:6208. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.

Description

A moderate severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-38428) in the GNU Wget utility used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 may cause improper behavior due to misinterpretation of input. Red Hat has issued a security update addressing this issue for multiple architectures and product variants. The vulnerability affects the wget package versions prior to the fixed release 1.19.5-11.el8_8.1. No public exploit or CVSS score is currently available.

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