CVE-2026-76014
LowCVSS 3.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs
Summary
A vulnerability was found in BusyBox up to version 1.30.1 in the file networking/wget.c, in the FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT Handler component. Manipulation of the -T argument leads to a null pointer dereference. Local access is required. The exploit has been disclosed, and a patch is available (commit 83a40bf7a93c8ac093d33ab452222dd5b9eb57ff).
Risk Assessment
A local attacker could cause the wget program to crash, potentially disrupting services or exploiting the vulnerability for further attacks.
Recommendation
Apply the available patch (commit 83a40bf7a93c8ac093d33ab452222dd5b9eb57ff) or update BusyBox to a newer version.
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Original NVD description (English source)
A vulnerability has been found in BusyBox up to 1.30.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file networking/wget.c of the component FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT Handler. Such manipulation of the argument -T leads to null pointer dereference. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 83a40bf7a93c8ac093d33ab452222dd5b9eb57ff. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

