CVE-2026-38753

MEDIUM
4.9CVSS v3
CVSS v2
0.15% EPSS (exploit probability)
CWE-416CWE

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.

CVSS v3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected routers (0)

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