Contact us
Vulnerability lookup

CVE-2026-38754

medium CVSS 5.1 EPSS 0.2%

A heap overflow in the ifsbreakup() function (shell/ash.c) of Busybox v1.38.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted input.

Versions it affects

Software versions checked with the free lookup that CVE-2026-38754 applies to, and the release that fixes it where the sources name one.

At a glance

Severity
Medium
CVSS base score
5.1 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 13% of scored vulnerabilities
Weakness
CWE-122
Published
2026-07-15

Is this running somewhere in your estate?

The Vulnerability Reporter inventories every machine and tells you when an advisory like this one applies to you.