BusyBox before commit 42202bf contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the DHCPv6 client (udhcpc6) DNS_SERVERS option handler in networking/udhcp/d6_dhcpc.c that allows network-adjacent attackers to trigger memory corruption by sending a crafted DHCPv6 response with a malformed D6_OPT_DNS_SERVERS option. Attackers can exploit incorrect heap buffer allocation calculations in the option_to_env() function to cause denial of service or achieve arbitrary code execution on embedded systems without heap hardening.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.2NVD modified 2026-10-26 19:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 9
- https://busybox.net/
- https://github.com/vda-linux/busybox_mirror/commit/42202bfb1e6ac51fa995beda8be4d7b654aeee2a
- https://github.com/vda-linux/busybox_mirror/commit/d368f3f7836d1c2484c8f839316e5c93e76d4409
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/busybox-dhcpv6-client-heap-buffer-overflow-via-dns-servers
- https://y637f9qq2x.com/posts/busybox-dhcpv6-heap-overflow/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30652
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-29004
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466526
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-29004.json