CVE-2026-38752

LOW

BusyBox - Denial of Service via Crafted AWK Script in evaluate() Function

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

https://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2026-June/092351.html

http://busybox.com

https://busybox.net/

Scores

CVSS v3 2.9

EPSS 0.0021

EPSS Percentile 11.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-121 CWE-674

Status published

Products (2)

busybox/busybox 2024-07-13

BusyBox/BusyBox 1.00 - 1.38.0

Published Jul 15, 2026

Tracked Since Jul 16, 2026