SUSE-SU-2026:0758-1: important: Security update for busybox

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Tue Mar 3 20:33:55 UTC 2026 


# Security update for busybox

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0758-1  
Release Date: 2026-03-03T12:16:21Z  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1258163
  * bsc#1258167

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2026-26157
  * CVE-2026-26158

  
CVSS scores:

  * 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 15.5
  * openSUSE Leap 15.6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

  
  
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for busybox fixes the following issues:

  * 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).

## 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 15.5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-758=1

  * openSUSE Leap 15.6  
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-758=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-758=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-758=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-758=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-758=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-758=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-758=1

## Package List:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
    * busybox-policycoreutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-vi-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-psmisc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-attr-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-telnet-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-cpio-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-dos2unix-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-ed-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-sendmail-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-vlan-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-misc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-coreutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-sed-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-traceroute-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-diffutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-unzip-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-bzip2-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-sharutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-links-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-syslogd-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-kbd-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-util-linux-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-tftp-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-wget-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-patch-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-tunctl-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-less-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-hexedit-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-time-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-sha3sum-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-net-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-kmod-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-sh-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-ncurses-utils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-netcat-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-which-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-tar-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-selinux-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-bc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-gzip-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-iproute2-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-man-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-whois-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-procps-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-adduser-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-udhcpc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-hostname-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-xz-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-findutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-gawk-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-bind-utils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-grep-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-iputils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-sysvinit-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    * busybox-debugsource-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    * busybox-debuginfo-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    * busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    * busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    * busybox-static-debuginfo-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    * busybox-testsuite-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)
    * busybox-warewulf3-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    * busybox-warewulf3-debuginfo-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * busybox-testsuite-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    * busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    * busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
    * busybox-policycoreutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-vi-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-psmisc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-attr-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-telnet-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-cpio-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-dos2unix-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-ed-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-sendmail-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-vlan-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-misc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-coreutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-sed-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-traceroute-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-diffutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-unzip-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-bzip2-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-sharutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-links-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-syslogd-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-kbd-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-util-linux-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-tftp-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-wget-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-patch-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-tunctl-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-less-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-hexedit-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-time-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-sha3sum-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-net-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-kmod-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-sh-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-ncurses-utils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-netcat-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-which-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-tar-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-selinux-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-bc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-gzip-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-iproute2-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-man-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-whois-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-procps-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-adduser-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-udhcpc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-hostname-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-xz-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-findutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-gawk-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-bind-utils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-grep-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-iputils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    * busybox-sysvinit-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 x86_64)
    * busybox-warewulf3-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64
    x86_64)
    * busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    * busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64
    x86_64)
    * busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    * busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    * busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    * busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    * busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    * busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (ppc64le x86_64)
    * busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    * busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1

## References:

  * 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=1258163
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258167

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