CVE-2016-7098

high

Published 2016-09-26 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

8.1

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.1

Description

Race condition in wget 1.17 and earlier, when used in recursive or mirroring mode to download a single file, might allow remote servers to bypass intended access list restrictions by keeping an HTTP connection open.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

88%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-40824 remote multiple verified

Dawid Golunski · 2016-11-24

GNU Wget < 1.18 - Access List Bypass / Race Condition

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.18-4`
sid	Fixed	`1.18-4`
forky	Fixed	`1.18-4`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.18-4`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.18-4`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
gnu	wget	`{"endIncluding":"1.17"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-362

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.