CVE-2026-88839

medium

Description

BusyBox passwd/group tokenize() references a stale endpoint pointer after trimming, causing an out-of-bounds write of heap pointers.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2531353

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-88839

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: 6.5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.7

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00117