CVE intelligence

CVE-2024-38428

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Jun 16, 2024Sources checked Oct 28, 2026

9.1CRITICALCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2024-38428 and is rated Critical severity with a CVSS score of 9.1. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Ubuntu Security Notices guidance

Vendor revision: Aug 20, 2026

USN-8543-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Wget.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.7%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2024-38428?

url.c in GNU Wget through 1.24.5 mishandles semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, and thus there may be insecure behavior in which data that was supposed to be in the userinfo subcomponent is misinterpreted to be part of the host subcomponent.

Source: NVD