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CVE-2026-88834

3.7 low SSVC exploitation: none Awaiting Analysis

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.

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 2

  1. StatusReceived → Awaiting AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-15 16:33
  2. First seenCVSS 3.7NVD modified 2026-10-13 18:17

Affected (CPE criteria) 0

NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.

References 2