CVE-2026-88838Busybox: busybox: non-root mount option filter bypass allows clearing fstab security restrictions
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A flaw was found in BusyBox's mount utility. A non-root user can bypass mount security restrictions set in /etc/fstab by specifying clearing-mask options on the command line. These options pass the non-root flag filter and are merged with fstab options as strings; when the combined options are re-parsed, clearing options can override nosuid, nodev, and noexec protections the administrator intended to enforce.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-693
- 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 14, 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-2026-88838vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2531352issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
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