Source: busybox X-Debbugs-CC: [email protected] Severity: important Tags: security
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for busybox. CVE-2026-88834[0]: | A flaw was found in BusyBox's httpd web server. When configured with | system password authentication, a user existence oracle may exist in | certain build configurations. An attacker could distinguish existing | from non-existing usernames by observing authentication failure | behavior. Impact is limited to username enumeration and requires | non-default compile options or uncommon password file states; | default BusyBox builds with shadow password support are not | affected. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2531348 If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-88834 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88834 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.
