What is GHSA-263v-w343-472x?

GHSA-263v-w343-472x is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. BusyBox dpkg read_package_field() steps past a NUL terminator on malformed .deb packages, causing...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-263v-w343-472x cover?

GHSA-263v-w343-472x covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-88835. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-263v-w343-472x?

GHSA-263v-w343-472x has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-263v-w343-472xMediumCVSS 6.1

BusyBox dpkg read_package_field() steps past a NUL terminator on malformed .deb packages, causing...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 23, 2026

Last Modified

September 23, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-88835 →

📋 Description

BusyBox dpkg read_package_field() steps past a NUL terminator on malformed .deb packages, causing an out-of-bounds heap read.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88835
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-88835
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2531349
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-263v-w343-472x