CVE-2025-46394 Affecting busybox package, versions <1.36.1-r31


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE320-BUSYBOX-14102404
  • published24 Nov 2025
  • disclosed23 Apr 2025

Introduced: 23 Apr 2025

CVE-2025-46394  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 busybox to version 1.36.1-r31 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream busybox package and not the busybox package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

In tar in BusyBox through 1.37.0, a TAR archive can have filenames hidden from a listing through the use of terminal escape sequences.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1