MEDIUM 6.5 NVD
CVE-2026-88837
BusyBox httpd treats yescrypt ($y$) password hashes as plaintext during Basic Authentication, inverting the authentication check.
BusyBox httpd treats yescrypt ($y$) password hashes as plaintext during Basic Authentication, inverting the authentication check.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-88837
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2531351
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 was published on 2026-09-23 via NVD.
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