CVE-2026-76014BusyBox FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT wget.c null pointer dereference
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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
- 3.3 LOW (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-476, CWE-404
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- VulDB
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 25, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
n/a BusyBox busybox:busybox | 1.30.0; 1.30.1 | CNA record |
References
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/391923vdb-entry, technical-description
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/391923/ctisignature, permissions-required
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-76014third-party-advisory
- https://vuldb.com/submit/878212third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/mirror/busybox/issues/124issue-tracking
- https://gist.github.com/wyxstarry/5c199ec824928c5ae5816aaecbc6df03exploit
- https://github.com/mirror/busybox/commit/83a40bf7a93c8ac093d33ab452222dd5b9eb57ffpatch
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