CVE-2016-7098
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-09-26 14:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-08-26
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3fae1a3e8087c9659144b435baf2dbcf45a90cdde76606b21f1fdef98672a210
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160827 Re: CVE Request - Gnu Wget 1.17 - Design Error Vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/27/2
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2017:0015http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00007.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2284http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00044.html
- www.securityfocus.com93157http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93157
- www.exploit-db.com40824https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40824/
- lists.gnu.org[bug-wget] 20160814 Wget - acess list bypass / race condition PoChttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2016-08/msg00083.html
- lists.gnu.org[bug-wget] 20160824 Re: Wget - acess list bypass / race condition PoChttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2016-08/msg00134.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200129 [SECURITY] [DLA 2086-1] wget security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00031.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wget Fixed in 1.18-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wget Fixed in 1.18-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wget Fixed in 1.18-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- wget Fixed in 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- wget Fixed in 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.