CVE-2024-38428: wget: Misinterpretation of input may lead to improper behavior

Severity: Critical

CVSS Score: 9.1

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.