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CVE-2026-38752

low CVSS 2.9 EPSS 0.2%

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.

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At a glance

Severity
Low
CVSS base score
2.9 out of 10
Known exploited
Not in CISA's catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities
EPSS
0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of scored vulnerabilities
Weakness
CWE-121
Published
2026-07-15

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