A flaw was found in BusyBox. Incomplete path sanitization in its archive extraction utilities allows an attacker to craft malicious archives that when extracted, and under specific conditions, may write to files outside the intended directory. This can lead to arbitrary file overwrite, potentially enabling code execution through the modification of sensitive system files.
History

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Description A flaw was found in BusyBox. Incomplete path sanitization in its archive extraction utilities allows an attacker to craft malicious archives that when extracted, and under specific conditions, may write to files outside the intended directory. This can lead to arbitrary file overwrite, potentially enabling code execution through the modification of sensitive system files.
Title Busybox: busybox: arbitrary file overwrite and potential code execution via incomplete path sanitization
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-73
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-11T20:51:40.556Z

Reserved: 2026-02-11T17:05:41.991Z

Link: CVE-2026-26157

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-11T20:51:35.261Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-11T21:16:21.400

Modified: 2026-02-11T21:16:21.400

Link: CVE-2026-26157

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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