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wget — security advisory
GNU Wget through 1.21.1 does not omit the Authorization header upon a redirect to a different origin, a related issue to CVE-2018-1000007.
- Products
- wget
- Affected versions
- 1.14-2ubuntu1, 1.14-5ubuntu1, 1.15-1ubuntu1, 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.1, 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.2, 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.3, 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.4, 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5, 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5+esm2, 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5+esm3, 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5+esm4, 1.16.1-1ubuntu1, 1.17.1-1ubuntu1, 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.1, 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.2, 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.3, 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.4, 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5, 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5+esm1, 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5+esm3, 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5+esm4, 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5+esm5, 1.19.1-3ubuntu1, 1.19.1-3ubuntu1.1, 1.19.2-1ubuntu1, 1.19.3-2ubuntu1, 1.19.4-1ubuntu2, 1.19.4-1ubuntu2.1, 1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2, 1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2+esm1, 1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2+esm3, 1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2+esm4, 1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2+esm5, 1.20.3-1ubuntu1, 1.20.3-1ubuntu2, 1.20.3-1ubuntu2.1, 1.20.3-1ubuntu2.1+esm2, 1.20.3-1ubuntu2.1+esm3, 1.20.3-1ubuntu2.1+esm4, 1.21-1ubuntu3, 1.21-1ubuntu4, 1.21-1ubuntu5, 1.21.2-2ubuntu1, 1.21.2-2ubuntu1.1, 1.21.2-2ubuntu1.3, 1.21.2-2ubuntu1.4, 1.21.2-2ubuntu1.5, 1.21.3-1ubuntu1, 1.21.4-1ubuntu1, 1.21.4-1ubuntu2, 1.21.4-1ubuntu3, 1.21.4-1ubuntu4, 1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1, 1.21.4-1ubuntu4.3, 1.21.4-1ubuntu4.4, 1.21.4-1ubuntu4.5, 1.24.5-2ubuntu1, 1.25.0-2ubuntu1, 1.25.0-2ubuntu2, 1.25.0-2ubuntu3, 1.25.0-2ubuntu4, 1.25.0-2ubuntu4.2, 1.25.0-2ubuntu4.3, 1.25.0-2ubuntu4.4, 1.25.0-2ubuntu6, 1.25.0-3ubuntu1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-31879
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
GNU Wget through 1.21.1 does not omit the Authorization header upon a redirect to a different origin, a related issue to CVE-2018-1000007.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2021-31879
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Complete source record
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