LOW 3.3 NVD

CVE-2026-88842

A flaw was found in BusyBox dpkg. The write_status_file() function does not reset a field cursor between package stanzas. When two packages are removed in a sin

A flaw was found in BusyBox dpkg. The write_status_file() function does not reset a field cursor between package stanzas. When two packages are removed in a single invocation and the first stanza is larger than the second, the second package stanza can be dropped from the status file, causing limited data corruption.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-88842
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2531355

Published: 2026-10-14 · Source: NVD · Feed updated: 2026-10-14

This low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.3 was published on 2026-10-14 via NVD.

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