CVE-2026-88842CWE-125

CVE-2026-88842

Low · published October 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
3.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.3 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00169 · 6.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2026-10-14T15:17Z
References (3)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:81391 · [email protected]https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-88842 · [email protected]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2531355 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 03:33Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 14 OCT 10:02Z
    Busybox: busybox: dpkg stale field_start pointer causes out-of-bounds read and status file corruption
    cvelistv5
  • 14 OCT 10:02Z
    Busybox: busybox: dpkg stale field_start pointer causes out-of-bounds read and status file corruption
    cvelistv5