CVE-2026-88835

medium

Description

BusyBox dpkg read_package_field() steps past a NUL terminator on malformed .deb packages, causing an out-of-bounds heap read.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2531349

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-88835

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72111

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-23

Updated: 2026-09-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00109