CVE-2026-38752

A stack overflow in the evaluate() function (editors/awk.c) of BusyBox commit 371fe9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted AWK script.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2026-07-15

Last modified

2026-07-20

Weaknesses

CWE-121, CWE-674

Affected products

• Busybox (Busybox)

References

• https://busybox.net/
• https://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2026-June/092351.html