CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-94574

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

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.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of another user or the system.

Recommendation

Upgrade GNU wget to a version that does not contain this vulnerability, or change permissions on C:\msys64 to prevent unprivileged users from writing.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS