CVE-2026-76014

LOWPre-NVD 3.33.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 3.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-08-19. A secondary CVSS source baseline 3.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
3.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 3.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

A vulnerability has been found in BusyBox up to 1.30.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file networking/wget.c of the component FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT Handler. Such manipulation of the argument -T leads to null pointer dereference. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 83a40bf7a93c8ac093d33ab452222dd5b9eb57ff. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

CVSS v3
3.3
EG Score
3.3LOWmedium confidence
EG Risk
31
EG Risk 31/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity33% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
4th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 25, 2026

References (7)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-76014(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
busybox1:1.35.0-4 ... 1:1.38.0-3 (28 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
busybox1:1.37.0-10 ... 1:1.38.0-3 (9 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
busybox1:1.37.0-10 ... 1:1.38.0-3 (9 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 41× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-10-03 03:09 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-03 03:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-30 08:53 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-30 08:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-29 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-27 07:16 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-27 07:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-26 00:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-24 12:24 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-24 12:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-21 18:07 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-21 18:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-18 23:50 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-18 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-16 05:34 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-16 05:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-13 11:18 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-13 11:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-12 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-10 17:01 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-10 17:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-07 22:45 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-07 22:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-05 04:29 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-05 04:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-02 10:12 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-02 10:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-30 15:54 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-30 15:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-08-27 21:38 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-08-27 21:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-08-25 03:22 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-25 03:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-25 03:21 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 1.9
  38. 2026-08-25 02:20 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-08-25 02:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-25 02:20 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v4 → 4.8
  41. 2026-08-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-08-23 07:06 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-08-23 07:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-08-20 12:50 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-08-20 12:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-08-19 03:20 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-19 03:18 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 1.9
  52. 2026-08-19 03:13 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-08-19 03:12 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-76014?
CVE-2026-76014 is a low vulnerability published on August 19, 2026. A vulnerability has been found in BusyBox up to 1.30.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file networking/wget.c of the component FEATUREWGETTIMEOUT Handler. Such manipulation of the argument -T leads to null pointer dereference. Local access is required to approach this attack. The…
When was CVE-2026-76014 disclosed?
CVE-2026-76014 was first published on August 19, 2026, with the most recent update on August 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-76014 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-76014 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (4th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-76014?
CVE-2026-76014 has a CVSS base score of 3.3 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-76014?
No fix for CVE-2026-76014 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-76014 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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