Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for busybox.

CVE-2026-88842[0]:
| A flaw was found in BusyBox dpkg. The write_status_file() function
| does not reset a field cursor between package stanzas. When two
| packages are removed in a single invocation and the first stanza is
| larger than the second, the second package stanza can be dropped
| from the status file, causing limited data corruption.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2531355


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-88842
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88842

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.