<div class="container">
<h1>Security update for busybox</h1>
<table class="table table-striped table-bordered">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:0758-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-03-03T12:16:21Z</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258163">bsc#1258163</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258167">bsc#1258167</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26157.html">CVE-2026-26157</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26158.html">CVE-2026-26158</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>CVSS scores:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-26157</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.1</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">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</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-26157</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.0</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-26157</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.0</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-26158</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.1</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">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</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-26158</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.0</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-26158</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.0</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for busybox fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2026-26157: Arbitrary file overwrite and potential code execution via incomplete path sanitization (bsc#1258163).</li>
<li>CVE-2026-26158: Arbitrary file modification and privilege escalation via unvalidated tar archive entries
(bsc#1258167).</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-758=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-758=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-758=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-758=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-758=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-758=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-758=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-758=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>busybox-policycoreutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-vi-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-psmisc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-attr-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-telnet-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-cpio-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-dos2unix-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-ed-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-sendmail-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-vlan-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-misc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-coreutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-sed-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-traceroute-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-diffutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-unzip-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-bzip2-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-sharutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-links-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-syslogd-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-kbd-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-util-linux-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-tftp-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-wget-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-patch-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-tunctl-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-less-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-hexedit-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-time-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-sha3sum-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-net-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-kmod-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-sh-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-ncurses-utils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-netcat-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-which-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-tar-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-selinux-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-bc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-gzip-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-iproute2-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-man-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-whois-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-procps-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-adduser-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-udhcpc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-hostname-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-xz-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-findutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-gawk-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-bind-utils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-grep-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-iputils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-sysvinit-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
<ul>
<li>busybox-debugsource-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
<li>busybox-debuginfo-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
<li>busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
<li>busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
<li>busybox-static-debuginfo-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
<li>busybox-testsuite-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)
<ul>
<li>busybox-warewulf3-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
<li>busybox-warewulf3-debuginfo-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>busybox-testsuite-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
<li>busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
<li>busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>busybox-policycoreutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-vi-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-psmisc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-attr-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-telnet-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-cpio-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-dos2unix-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-ed-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-sendmail-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-vlan-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-misc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-coreutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-sed-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-traceroute-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-diffutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-unzip-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-bzip2-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-sharutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-links-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-syslogd-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-kbd-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-util-linux-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-tftp-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-wget-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-patch-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-tunctl-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-less-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-hexedit-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-time-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-sha3sum-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-net-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-kmod-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-sh-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-ncurses-utils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-netcat-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-which-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-tar-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-selinux-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-bc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-gzip-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-iproute2-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-man-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-whois-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-procps-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-adduser-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-udhcpc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-hostname-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-xz-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-findutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-gawk-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-bind-utils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-grep-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-iputils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
<li>busybox-sysvinit-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>busybox-warewulf3-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
<li>busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
<li>busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
<li>busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
<li>busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
<li>busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
<li>busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26157.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26157.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26158.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26158.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258163">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258163</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258167">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258167</a>
</li>
</ul>
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