CVE-2026-88833Busybox: busybox: udhcpc integer underflow in dhcp packet length calculation causes denial of service
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A flaw was found in BusyBox's udhcpc DHCP client. When processing raw DHCP packets, the client replaces the validated packet length with an attacker-controlled value from the IP header without re-validating the minimum size. This leads to an integer underflow when subtracting header sizes, causing a subsequent memory copy with a massively oversized length. An attacker on the same network segment can send a specially crafted packet to crash the DHCP client, resulting in denial of service and loss of network connectivity.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-191
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 13, 2026
Affected products
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images redhat:hummingbird | 1 | CNA record |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-88833vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2531347issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
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