CVE-2026-88839

medium

BusyBox passwd/group tokenize() references a stale endpoint pointer after trimming, causing an out-of-bounds write of heap pointers.

BusyBox passwd/group tokenize() references a stale endpoint pointer after trimming, causing an out-of-bounds write of heap pointers.

CVSS

6.7

6.7 (CVSS v3.1)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-09-23 18:17

Modified: 2026-09-25 23:16

NVD status: Awaiting Analysis

Last synced 2 days ago

Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:55 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:55 UTC · record ↗