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CVE-2026-88842
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images — Busybox: busybox: dpkg stale field_start pointer causes out-of-bounds read and status file corruption
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L N R U N L N 3.3 .0017 5.9 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Red Hat Hardened Images unspecified 1.37.0-9.4.hum1
TIMELINE
Sep 10 Reserved by redhat
Oct 14 Published (CNA: redhat)
Oct 15 PATCH SHIPPED — CVE-2026-88842 (Red Hat Hardened Images). Fixed in Red Hat Hardened Images 1.37.0-9.4.hum1.
Description
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| September 10, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by redhat |
| October 14, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: redhat) |
| October 15, 2026 | PATCH SHIPPED | PATCH SHIPPED — CVE-2026-88842 (Red Hat Hardened Images). Fixed in Red Hat Hardened Images 1.37.0-9.4.hum1. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Hardened Images | — | — | 1.37.0-9.4.hum1 |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-88842 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Monday, October 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.
