CVE-2026-38752: 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.

Overview

Severity
Low (CVSS 2.9)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2026-Jul
Released
2026-07-21
EPSS Score
0.31% (percentile: 22.8%)

Affected Products (1)

Open Source Software

  • azl3 busybox 1.36.1-24 on Azure Linux 3.0

Revision History

  • 2026-07-21: Information published.