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

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 463173

Description

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

- In netstat in BusyBox through 1.37.0, local users can launch of network application with an argv[0]
containing an ANSI terminal escape sequence, leading to a denial of service (terminal locked up) when
netstat is used by a victim. (CVE-2024-58251)

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-2024-58251

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 463173

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

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-2024-58251

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.5

Temporal Score: 2.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/23/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-58251