red-hatCVE-2026-88835

BusyBox dpkg read_package_field() steps past a NUL terminator on malformed .deb packages, causing an out-of-bounds heap read.

Medium6.1CVE-2026-88835 · Published Sep 23, 2026 · updated Sep 25, 2026

Source advisory

Affected versions

Package	Affected	Fixed in

Details and references

BusyBox dpkg read_package_field() steps past a NUL terminator on malformed .deb packages, causing an out-of-bounds heap read.

CVSS 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Severity from: no source yet
Weakness: CWE-125

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