CVE-2026-76014
Publication date 20 August 2026
Last updated 25 August 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| busybox | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version:
Base score
1.9 · Low
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Base score
3.3 · Low
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-76014
- https://github.com/mirror/busybox/issues/124
- https://gist.github.com/wyxstarry/5c199ec824928c5ae5816aaecbc6df03
- https://github.com/mirror/busybox/commit/83a40bf7a93c8ac093d33ab452222dd5b9eb57ff
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-76014
- https://vuldb.com/submit/878212
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/391923
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/391923/cti