SUSE-SU-2026:0872-1: important: Security update for busybox
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# Security update for busybox
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0872-1
Release Date: 2026-03-11T17:06:44Z
Rating: important
References:
* bsc#1192869
* bsc#1217580
* bsc#1217584
* bsc#1217585
* bsc#1241661
* bsc#1253245
* bsc#1258163
* bsc#1258167
Cross-References:
* CVE-2021-42380
* CVE-2023-42363
* CVE-2023-42364
* CVE-2023-42365
* CVE-2025-46394
* CVE-2025-60876
* CVE-2026-26157
* CVE-2026-26158
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2021-42380 ( SUSE ): 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2021-42380 ( NVD ): 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2021-42380 ( NVD ): 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2023-42363 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2023-42363 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2023-42364 ( SUSE ): 5.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2023-42364 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2023-42364 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2023-42364 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2023-42365 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2023-42365 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2025-46394 ( SUSE ): 5.9
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N
* CVE-2025-46394 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
* CVE-2025-46394 ( NVD ): 3.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
* CVE-2025-46394 ( NVD ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
* CVE-2025-60876 ( SUSE ): 8.8
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
* CVE-2025-60876 ( SUSE ): 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
* CVE-2025-60876 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
* CVE-2026-26157 ( SUSE ): 7.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2026-26157 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2026-26157 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2026-26158 ( SUSE ): 7.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2026-26158 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2026-26158 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
* openSUSE Leap 15.4
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
An update that solves eight vulnerabilities can now be installed.
## Description:
This update for busybox fixes the following issues:
* CVE-2023-42363: use-after-free vulnerability in xasprintf function in
xfuncs_printf.c (bsc#1217580).
* CVE-2023-42364: use-after-free in the awk.c evaluate function (bsc#1217584).
* CVE-2023-42365: use-after-free in the awk.c copyvar function (bsc#1217585).
* CVE-2025-46394: files in a TAR archive can have their filenames hidden from
a listing if terminal escape sequences are used when naming other files
included in the archive (bsc#1241661).
* CVE-2025-60876: request line incorrectly neutralized mat lead to header
injection (bsc#1253245).
* CVE-2026-26157: Arbitrary file overwrite and potential code execution via
incomplete path sanitization (bsc#1258163).
* CVE-2026-26158: Arbitrary file modification and privilege escalation via
unvalidated tar archive entries (bsc#1258167).
* CVE-2021-42380: Additional fix for use-after-realloc in awk (bsc#1192869).
## Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
* openSUSE Leap 15.4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-872=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-872=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-872=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-872=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-872=1
## Package List:
* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
* busybox-less-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-net-tools-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-sysvinit-tools-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-tftp-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-sh-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-traceroute-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-vi-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-vlan-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-cpio-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-patch-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-tar-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-tunctl-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-ed-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-diffutils-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-time-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-kmod-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-netcat-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-psmisc-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-grep-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-man-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-selinux-tools-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-telnet-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-bind-utils-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-misc-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-unzip-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-iproute2-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-dos2unix-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-util-linux-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-procps-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-bzip2-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-adduser-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-sendmail-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-iputils-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-ncurses-utils-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-hostname-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-attr-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-bc-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-whois-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-gzip-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-findutils-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-sharutils-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-syslogd-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-kbd-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-sed-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-policycoreutils-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-which-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-wget-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-links-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-xz-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-gawk-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* busybox-coreutils-1.35.0-150400.4.7.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
* busybox-static-1.35.0-150400.3.14.1
* busybox-1.35.0-150400.3.14.1
* busybox-testsuite-1.35.0-150400.3.14.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)
* busybox-warewulf3-1.35.0-150400.3.14.1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64
x86_64)
* busybox-static-1.35.0-150400.3.14.1
* busybox-1.35.0-150400.3.14.1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64
x86_64)
* busybox-static-1.35.0-150400.3.14.1
* busybox-1.35.0-150400.3.14.1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* busybox-static-1.35.0-150400.3.14.1
* busybox-1.35.0-150400.3.14.1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
* busybox-static-1.35.0-150400.3.14.1
* busybox-1.35.0-150400.3.14.1
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42380.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42363.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42364.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42365.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46394.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-60876.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26157.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26158.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192869
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217580
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217584
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217585
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1241661
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253245
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258163
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258167
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