🛡️ CVE-2026-38754 on BellSoft — busybox

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-38754 as tracked by BellSoft, for the package busybox. The fix is available in version 1.38.0-r1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability low.

Weakness class

BELL-CVE-2026-38754 is classified as CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read. The code reads past the limits of a buffer, exposing adjacent memory contents or crashing the process.

Affected software

BELL-CVE-2026-38754 is recorded against 1 package.

  • busybox (from 1.36.1-r1 up to 1.38.0-r1)

Timeline and source

Published on 18 July 2026 and last revised on 11 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

docs.bell-sw.com (Advisory)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-07-18
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-11
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
busybox 1.36.1-r1 1.38.0-r1

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