CVE-2026-76014

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.

CVSS v3 3.3 LOW
CVSS v2.0 1.7 LOW

3.3^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

1.7^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://gist.github.com/wyxstarry/5c199ec824928c5ae5816aaecbc6df03
https://github.com/mirror/busybox/commit/83a40bf7a93c8ac093d33ab452222dd5b9eb57ff
https://github.com/mirror/busybox/issues/124
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-76014
https://vuldb.com/submit/878212
https://vuldb.com/vuln/391923
https://vuldb.com/vuln/391923/cti

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-19 03:16

Updated : 2026-08-25 03:16

NVD link : CVE-2026-76014

Mitre link : CVE-2026-76014

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-76014

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-404

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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