Linux · SUSE Linux Enterprise · Security advisory · November 7, 2026

SUSE-SU-2026:24215-1: busybox security update

SUSE-SU-2026:24215-1, released November 7, 2026, fixes 7 CVEs in busybox (version 1.37.0-160000.8.1). None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine

CVEs closed

None rated Critical

Exploited

None reported

Highest CVSS

6.7

Base score, 0 to 10

Highest EPSS

0.0035

29th percentile

Priority of the 7 CVEs

Patch now 0
                                Urgent 0
                                High 0
                                Routine 7

Fixed package versions

Product	Release	Fixed in
busybox	sles 16.0	1.37.0-160000.8.1

CVEs this fix closes

Priority	CVE	Title	CVSS	EPSS	Exploitation
Routine	CVE-2026-88830	busybox: unit confusion in TLS Montgomery reduction buffer allocation causes a pre-authentication heap buffer	n/a	0.0035	None reported
Routine	CVE-2026-88837	busybox: httpd misidentifies yescrypt password hashes as plaintext (bsc#1282552).	n/a	0.0027	None reported
Routine	CVE-2026-88831	Busybox: busybox: httpd silently fails open when ip deny rules contain invalid cidr prefix lengths	5.3	0.0024	None reported
Routine	CVE-2026-88832	Busybox: busybox: romfs volume id parsing performs unbounded memcpy into fixed-size label buffer, causing heap overflow	6.1	0.0013	None reported
Routine	CVE-2026-88839	Busybox: busybox: passwd/group parser writes heap pointers out of bounds due to stale tokenize() endpoint	6.7	0.0012	None reported
Routine	CVE-2026-88835	Busybox: busybox: dpkg read_package_field() steps past nul terminator, causing out-of-bounds read on malformed .deb packages	6.1	0.0012	None reported
Routine	CVE-2026-88841	busybox: OOB read and silent memory corruption of the status file due to `write_status_file()` failing to reset	n/a	n/a	None reported

Also fixes CVE-2026-88830

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22067-1
busybox on opensuse-leap 16.0
SUSE-SU-2026:4760-1
busybox on sles 15.7

Vendor advisory

https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:24215-1

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