Hi,
The following vulnerabilities were published for busybox.
CVE-2026-38752[0]:
| 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-2026-38753[1]:
| A use-after-free in the awk_sub() function (editors/awk.c) of
| Busybox v1.38.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS)
| via supplying a crafted AWK script.
CVE-2026-38754[2]:
| A heap overflow in the ifsbreakup() function (shell/ash.c) of
| Busybox v1.38.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS)
| via supplying a crafted input.
CVE-2026-38755[3]:
| A heap overflow in the evalcommand() function (shell/ash.c) of
| Busybox v1.38.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS)
| via supplying a crafted input.
If you fix the vulnerabilities please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) ids in your changelog entry.
For further information see:
[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-38752
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-38752
[1] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-38753
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-38753
[2] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-38754
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-38754
[3] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-38755
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-38755
Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.
Regards,
Salvatore