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1 vulnerability found for Wget by GNU Wget (Windows Builds)

CVE-2026-94574 (GCVE-0-2026-94574)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-22 19:18
Modified
2026-09-23 12:37
Summary
A local cross-user code execution vulnerability exists in GNU wget (Windows builds from eternallybored.org) due to a hardcoded configuration file path (C:\msys64) that is writable by unprivileged users, allowing for arbitrary code execution via the use_askpass directive, potentially allowing local privilege escalation.
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