CVE-2026-38754

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Busybox version 1.38.0

Description A heap overflow occurs in the ifsbreakup() function (located in shell/ash.c). This issue allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by providing a specially crafted input. A heap overflow is a memory corruption error that happens when a program writes more data to a heap-allocated memory block than it can hold.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.