CVE-2016-7098
high
CVSS v3
8.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.1
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.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.18-4 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.18-4 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.18-4 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.18-4 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.18-4 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | wget | {"endIncluding":"1.17"} | |
References
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2016-08/msg00083.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2016-08/msg00134.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00007.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/27/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93157
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00031.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40824/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7098.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7098
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.