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

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 459222

Description

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

 - A flaw was found in BusyBox. Incomplete path sanitization in its archive extraction utilities allows an
 attacker to craft malicious archives that when extracted, and under specific conditions, may write to
 files outside the intended directory. This can lead to arbitrary file overwrite, potentially enabling code
 execution through the modification of sensitive system files. (CVE-2026-26157)

Solution

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

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-26157

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 459222

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.95

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-26157

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 6/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-26157