A vulnerability has been found in BusyBox up to 1.30.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file networking/wget.c of the component FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT Handler. Such manipulation of the argument -T leads to null pointer dereference. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 83a40bf7a93c8ac093d33ab452222dd5b9eb57ff. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
https://vuldb.com/vuln/391923/cti
https://vuldb.com/submit/878212
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-76014
https://github.com/mirror/busybox/issues/124
https://github.com/mirror/busybox/commit/83a40bf7a93c8ac093d33ab452222dd5b9eb57ff
https://gist.github.com/wyxstarry/5c199ec824928c5ae5816aaecbc6df03
Published: 2026-08-19
Updated: 2026-08-19
Base Score: 1.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: Low
Base Score: 3.3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity: Low
Base Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: Medium