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CVE-2026-1858

wget2 Improper Certificate Validation PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

wget2 accepts a server certificate with incorrect Key Usage (KU) or Extended Key Usage (EKU). If the attackers compromise a certificate (with the associated private key) issued for a different purpose, they may be able to reuse it for TLS server authentication.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
gnu / wget2affected 0 through 2.2.1

CWE

CWE-20

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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