CVE-2026-38753
A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in BusyBox to carry out a Denial of Service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities in BusyBox can be exploited to perform Denial of Service attacks.
- Who is affected
- Remote, anonymous attackers can exploit these vulnerabilities in BusyBox.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for service disruption.
- Action
- Users should apply patches or mitigations as they become available.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.14% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 4% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (3)
- medium[NEW] [UNPATCHED] [medium] BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities allow Denial of Servicecert-bund · 2026-07-21
- mediumCVE-2026-38753: A use-after-free in the awk_sub() function (editors/awk.c) of Busybox v1.38.0 allows attackers…nvd · 2026-07-15
- mediumCVE-2026-38753: A use-after-free in the awk_sub() function (editors/awk.c) of Busybox v1.38.0 allows attackers…msrc · 2026-07-14
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