Security Advisory

CVE-2026-38753

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-07-15 00:00:00
Last updated 2026-07-20 15:33:13
Assigner mitre
CVSS score 4.9
State PUBLISHED

Description

A use-after-free in the awk_sub() function (editors/awk.c) of Busybox v1.38.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted AWK script.