CVE-2026-38753

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CVSS 3.1

4.9 medium

EPSS

<1%p16

Published

Jul 15, 2026 (Jul 15, 2026)

Modified

Jul 20, 2026

Description

A use-after-free in the awk_sub() function (editors/awk.c) of Busybox v1.38.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted AWK script.

Vendors: busybox
Products: busybox
Weakness: CWE-416
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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