BusyBox wget thru 1.3.7 accepted raw CR (0x0D)/LF (0x0A) and other C0 control bytes in the HTTP request-target (path/query), allowing the request line to be split and attacker-controlled headers to be injected. To preserve the HTTP/1.1 request-line shape METHOD SP request-target SP HTTP/1.1, a raw space (0x20) in the request-target must also be rejected (clients should use %20).

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0892-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2023-42363: use-after-free vulnerability in xasprintf function in xfuncs_printf.c (bsc#1217580).
    - CVE-2023-42364: use-after-free in the awk.c evaluate function (bsc#1217584).
    - CVE-2023-42365: use-after-free in the awk.c copyvar function (bsc#1217585).
    - CVE-2025-46394: files in a TAR archive can have their filenames hidden from a listing if terminal escape     sequences are       used when naming other files included in the archive (bsc#1241661).
    - CVE-2025-60876: request line incorrectly neutralized mat lead to header injection (bsc#1253245).
    - CVE-2026-26157: Arbitrary file overwrite and potential code execution via incomplete path sanitization     (bsc#1258163).
    - CVE-2026-26158: Arbitrary file modification and privilege escalation via unvalidated tar archive entries       (bsc#1258167).
    - CVE-2021-42380: Additional fix for use-after-realloc in awk (bsc#1192869).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0872-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2023-42363: use-after-free vulnerability in xasprintf function in xfuncs_printf.c (bsc#1217580).
    - CVE-2023-42364: use-after-free in the awk.c evaluate function (bsc#1217584).
    - CVE-2023-42365: use-after-free in the awk.c copyvar function (bsc#1217585).
    - CVE-2025-46394: files in a TAR archive can have their filenames hidden from a listing if terminal escape     sequences are       used when naming other files included in the archive (bsc#1241661).
    - CVE-2025-60876: request line incorrectly neutralized mat lead to header injection (bsc#1253245).
    - CVE-2026-26157: Arbitrary file overwrite and potential code execution via incomplete path sanitization     (bsc#1258163).
    - CVE-2026-26158: Arbitrary file modification and privilege escalation via unvalidated tar archive entries       (bsc#1258167).
    - CVE-2021-42380: Additional fix for use-after-realloc in awk (bsc#1192869).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20090-1 advisory.

    Security fixes:

    - CVE-2025-60876: HTTP request header injection in wget (bsc#1253245).
    - CVE-2025-46394: Fixed tar hidden files via escape sequence (bsc#1241661).

    Other fixes:

    - Set CONFIG_FIRST_SYSTEM_ID to 201 to avoid confclict (bsc#1236670)
    - Fix unshare -mrpf sh core dump on  ppc64le (bsc#1249237)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0236-1 advisory.

    This update for busybox fixes the following issues:

    Security issues:

    - CVE-2025-46394: Fixed tar hidden files via escape sequence (CVE-2025-46394, bsc#1241661)
    - CVE-2025-60876: Fixed HTTP request header injection in wget (CVE-2025-60876, bsc#1253245)

    Other issues:

    - Set CONFIG_FIRST_SYSTEM_ID to 201 to avoid confclict (bsc#1236670)
    - Fixed unshare -mrpf sh core dump on ppc64le (bsc#1249237)
    - Fixed adduser inside containers on an SELinux host (bsc#1247779)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0235-1 advisory.

    Security issues:

    - CVE-2025-46394: Fixed tar hidden files via escape sequence (CVE-2025-46394, bsc#1241661)
    - CVE-2025-60876: Fixed HTTP request header injection in wget (CVE-2025-60876, bsc#1253245)

    Other issues:

    - Set CONFIG_FIRST_SYSTEM_ID to 201 to avoid confclict (bsc#1236670)
    - Fixed unshare -mrpf sh core dump on ppc64le (bsc#1249237)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - BusyBox wget thru 1.3.7 accepted raw CR (0x0D)/LF (0x0A) and other C0 control bytes in the HTTP request-     target (path/query), allowing the request line to be split and attacker-controlled headers to be injected.
    To preserve the HTTP/1.1 request-line shape METHOD SP request-target SP HTTP/1.1, a raw space (0x20) in     the request-target must also be rejected (clients should use %20). (CVE-2025-60876)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
302250	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : busybox (SUSE-SU-2026:0892-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
302102	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : busybox (SUSE-SU-2026:0872-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
296556	openSUSE 16 Security Update : busybox (openSUSE-SU-2026:20090-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	low
296471	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : busybox (SUSE-SU-2026:0236-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	low
296452	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : busybox (SUSE-SU-2026:0235-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	low
274730	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-60876	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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