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
0.18% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-BUSYBOX-15375749
  • published4 Mar 2026
  • disclosed23 Apr 2025

Introduced: 23 Apr 2025

CVE-2025-46394  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi 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 Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi 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