What is CVE-2025-69194?

CVE-2025-69194 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Wget2, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2025-69194?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-69194 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Gnu Wget2

CVE-2025-69194

A security issue was discovered in GNU Wget2 when handling Metalink documents. The application fails to properly validate file paths provided in Metalink <file name> elements. An attacker can abuse this behavior to write files to unintende…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gnu Wget2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

secdongle/POC_CVE-2025-69194

References

patrick@puiterwijk.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
patrick@puiterwijk.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-69194?: CVE-2025-69194 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Wget2, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-69194?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-69194 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.