CVE-2026-1858General(gnu / wget2)

LOWCVSS 4.8 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

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.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-20

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

YES

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • wget2

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
wget2

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-04-30: 1Technical Details · 2026-04-30: 104-30
Signal classification1 categories
General
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
  • Vulmon Vulnerability Feed@VulmonFeeds
    General

    CVE-2026-1858 Certificate Validation Bypass in wget2 via Incorrect Key Usage and Extended Key Usage https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2026-1858

    Post summary

    The post simply lists CVE‑2026‑1858 with a brief technical descriptor and a link to a vulnerability database, and does not provide additional details such as a PoC, exploit, or patch.

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