External Control of File Name or Path Affecting busybox-static package, versions <1.37.0-150500.10.17.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.68% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-BUSYBOXSTATIC-15372144
  • published4 Mar 2026
  • disclosed3 Mar 2026

Introduced: 3 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-26157  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-73  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 busybox-static to version 1.37.0-150500.10.17.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream busybox-static package and not the busybox-static package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in BusyBox. Incomplete path sanitization in its archive extraction utilities allows an attacker to craft malicious archives that when extracted, and under specific conditions, may write to files outside the intended directory. This can lead to arbitrary file overwrite, potentially enabling code execution through the modification of sensitive system files.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1