CVE catalog
CVE-2021-31879
wget: CVE-2021-31879
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.10% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | wget | sid | 1.25.0-3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | wget | forky | 1.25.0-3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | wget | trixie | 1.25.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | wget | bookworm | 1.21.3-1+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| Cpe | wget | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmware | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | cloud_backup | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | a250_firmware | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | 500f_firmware | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Suse | wget | linux enterprise server ltss extended security 12 sp5 | 1.14-21.22.1 | fixed |
| Suse | wget | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 sp6 | 1.20.3-150600.19.12.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | wget | leap 15.6 | 1.20.3-150600.19.12.1 | fixed |
| Suse | wget | linux enterprise micro 5.5 | 1.20.3-150000.3.29.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | wget | source | sid | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [988209] |
| Debian | wget | source | forky | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [988209] |
| Debian | wget | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [988209] |
| Debian | wget | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [988209] |
| Suse | wget | rpm | linux enterprise server ltss extended security 12 sp5 | 1.14-21.22.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2025:0380-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | wget | rpm | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 sp6 | 1.20.3-150600.19.12.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2025:0425-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | wget | rpm | leap 15.6 | 1.20.3-150600.19.12.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2025:0425-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | wget | rpm | linux enterprise micro 5.5 | 1.20.3-150000.3.29.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2025:0366-1 | Not reported |
Notes
[trixie] wget: Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream [bookworm] wget: Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [wget]Affected
Details (2)
1.21.3-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · wget · debian · bookworm; dsa · wget · debian · 12
1.21.3-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · wget · debian · bookworm; dsa · wget · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [wget]Affected
Details (2)
1.25.0-2· amd64 · trixieAffected
dsa · wget · debian · 13
1.25.0-2· arm64 · trixieAffected
dsa · wget · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2025_0366-1.json]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31879]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-31879]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:0366-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:0380-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:0425-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-31879]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2021/cve-2021-31879.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2021/wid-sec-w-2022-1575.json]
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