Low severity3.3NVD Advisory· Published Oct 14, 2026
CVE-2026-88842
CVE-2026-88842
Description
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.
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