CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-88831

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

9th percentile - higher than 9% of all known CVEs

Summary

BusyBox httpd IP deny rules with invalid CIDR prefix lengths fail open, leaving a parsed IP with a zeroed mask so the rule matches no clients. This may result in failure to block unwanted addresses.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability may allow bypassing IP deny rules and accessing protected resources from IP addresses that should be blocked. Systems with IP deny rules in httpd are at risk.

Recommendation

Update BusyBox to a patched version. Verify the correctness of CIDR rules in the httpd configuration and avoid invalid prefixes.

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Original NVD description (English source)

BusyBox httpd IP deny rules with invalid CIDR prefix lengths fail open, leaving a parsed IP with a zeroed mask so the rule matches no clients.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS