Low severity2.9NVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2026· Updated Jul 20, 2026

CVE-2026-38752

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.

Affected products

Busybox/Busybox2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:2024-07-13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:2024-07-13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
osv-coords7 versions
pkg:apk/chainguard/busybox pkg:apk/chainguard/busybox-full pkg:apk/chainguard/busybox-static pkg:apk/wolfi/busybox pkg:apk/wolfi/busybox-full pkg:apk/wolfi/busybox-static pkg:rpm/opensuse/busybox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 1.38.0-r1+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.38.0-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.38.0-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.38.0-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.38.0-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.38.0-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.38.0-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.38.0-2.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2026-June/092351.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
busybox.netnvd

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