CVE-2026-88829

high

Description

A flaw was found in BusyBox httpd's reverse proxy feature. When the proxy is configured to forward requests matching a URL prefix to a backend server, only the first HTTP request on a TCP connection has its path rewritten. An attacker can send a pipelined second request that is relayed verbatim to the backend, bypassing the configured path restrictions. This allows accessing arbitrary paths on the backend server that were not intended to be exposed through the proxy.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-100952

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2531343

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-88829

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-14

Updated: 2026-10-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00317