CVE-2025-46394 Affecting busybox package, versions <1.37.0-r50


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-BUSYBOX-12484596
  • published3 Sept 2025
  • disclosed23 Apr 2025

Introduced: 23 Apr 2025

CVE-2025-46394  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard busybox to version 1.37.0-r50 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 Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard 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