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Echo: busybox: security update to 1:1.38.0-3

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 457333

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A stack overflow in the evaluate() function (editors/awk.c) of BusyBox commit 371fe9 allows attackers to
 cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted AWK script. (CVE-2026-38752)

Solution

Update the busybox library and its related packages to version 1:1.38.0-3 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-38752

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 457333

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.72

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-38752

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-38752