OESA-2026-4529 (CVE-2026-88831)

Vulnerability from osv_openeuler – Published: 2026-10-22 14:36 – Updated: 2026-10-22 14:36 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
busybox security update
Details

The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux

Security Fix(es):

BusyBox httpd IP deny rules with invalid CIDR prefix lengths fail open, leaving a parsed IP with a zeroed mask so the rule matches no clients.(CVE-2026-88831)

BusyBox romfs volume ID parsing uses unbounded strlen on attacker-controlled metadata, causing a heap buffer overflow when processing crafted filesystem images.(CVE-2026-88832)

A flaw was found in BusyBox's httpd web server. When configured with system password authentication, a user existence oracle may exist in certain build configurations. An attacker could distinguish existing from non-existing usernames by observing authentication failure behavior. Impact is limited to username enumeration and requires non-default compile options or uncommon password file states; default BusyBox builds with shadow password support are not affected.(CVE-2026-88834)

BusyBox dpkg read_package_field() steps past a NUL terminator on malformed .deb packages, causing an out-of-bounds heap read.(CVE-2026-88835)

BusyBox httpd treats yescrypt ($y$) password hashes as plaintext during Basic Authentication, inverting the authentication check.(CVE-2026-88837)

BusyBox passwd/group tokenize() references a stale endpoint pointer after trimming, causing an out-of-bounds write of heap pointers.(CVE-2026-88839)

A flaw was found in BusyBox dpkg. The write_status_file() function does not reset a field cursor between package stanzas. When two packages are removed in a single invocation and the first stanza is larger than the second, the second package stanza can be dropped from the status file, causing limited data corruption.(CVE-2026-88842)

Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "aarch64": [
          "busybox-1.36.1-25.oe2403sp1.aarch64.rpm",
          "busybox-debuginfo-1.36.1-25.oe2403sp1.aarch64.rpm",
          "busybox-debugsource-1.36.1-25.oe2403sp1.aarch64.rpm",
          "busybox-petitboot-1.36.1-25.oe2403sp1.aarch64.rpm"
        ],
        "noarch": [
          "busybox-help-1.36.1-25.oe2403sp1.noarch.rpm"
        ],
        "src": [
          "busybox-1.36.1-25.oe2403sp1.src.rpm"
        ],
        "x86_64": [
          "busybox-1.36.1-25.oe2403sp1.x86_64.rpm",
          "busybox-debuginfo-1.36.1-25.oe2403sp1.x86_64.rpm",
          "busybox-debugsource-1.36.1-25.oe2403sp1.x86_64.rpm",
          "busybox-petitboot-1.36.1-25.oe2403sp1.x86_64.rpm"
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP1",
        "name": "busybox",
        "purl": "pkg:rpm/openEuler/busybox\u0026distro=openEuler-24.03-LTS-SP1"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.36.1-25.oe2403sp1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "severity": "High"
  },
  "details": "The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux\r\n\r\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\nBusyBox httpd IP deny rules with invalid CIDR prefix lengths fail open, leaving a parsed IP with a zeroed mask so the rule matches no clients.(CVE-2026-88831)\n\nBusyBox romfs volume ID parsing uses unbounded strlen on attacker-controlled metadata, causing a heap buffer overflow when processing crafted filesystem images.(CVE-2026-88832)\n\nA flaw was found in BusyBox\u0026apos;s httpd web server. When configured with system password authentication, a user existence oracle may exist in certain build configurations. An attacker could distinguish existing from non-existing usernames by observing authentication failure behavior. Impact is limited to username enumeration and requires non-default compile options or uncommon password file states; default BusyBox builds with shadow password support are not affected.(CVE-2026-88834)\n\nBusyBox dpkg read_package_field() steps past a NUL terminator on malformed .deb packages, causing an out-of-bounds heap read.(CVE-2026-88835)\n\nBusyBox httpd treats yescrypt ($y$) password hashes as plaintext during Basic Authentication, inverting the authentication check.(CVE-2026-88837)\n\nBusyBox passwd/group tokenize() references a stale endpoint pointer after trimming, causing an out-of-bounds write of heap pointers.(CVE-2026-88839)\n\nA flaw was found in BusyBox dpkg. The write_status_file() function does not reset a field cursor between package stanzas. When two packages are removed in a single invocation and the first stanza is larger than the second, the second package stanza can be dropped from the status file, causing limited data corruption.(CVE-2026-88842)",
  "id": "OESA-2026-4529",
  "modified": "2026-10-22T14:36:14Z",
  "published": "2026-10-22T14:36:14Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2026-4529"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88831"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88832"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88834"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88835"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88837"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88839"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88842"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.2",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "busybox security update",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-88831",
    "CVE-2026-88832",
    "CVE-2026-88834",
    "CVE-2026-88835",
    "CVE-2026-88837",
    "CVE-2026-88839",
    "CVE-2026-88842"
  ]
}



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