PT-2026-60312 · Busybox · Busybox

CVE-2026-38752 · Published 2026-07-15 · Updated 2026-07-16

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BusyBox (affected versions not specified)

Description A stack overflow occurs in the evaluate() function (editors/awk.c) when processing a specially crafted AWK script, which can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS). A stack overflow is a condition where a program exceeds the memory limit allocated for its call stack, typically causing the application to crash.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Stack Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-121

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-38752

Affected Products

Busybox

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-38752 · Security Note
• http://busybox.com · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2077605748943569370 · Twitter Post
• https://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2026-June/092351.html · Note