CVE-2026-88839
CVE-2026-88839: 1 tracked advisory record across Red Hat. Compare vendor sources and published fix guidance.
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1 advisory- Advisory severityMedium6.7
Medium [CVE-2026-88839] passwd/group parser writes heap pointers out of bounds due to stale tokenize endpoint
CVE-2026-88839Source published Source updated
passwd/group parser writes heap pointers out of bounds due to stale tokenize() endpoint. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 6.7). Weakness: CWE-787. Red Hat lists fixing advisory RHSA-2026:72111 with package busybox-main-1.37.0-9.1.hum1. Affected product named by the advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images.
- Related products — impact not confirmed
- Red Hat Hardened Images
- Source-reported affected versions
- Affected-version details not available in this record.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- busybox-main-1.37.0-9.1.hum1
- RHSA-2026:72111
- Mitigation guidance
- Ensure /etc/group and /etc/passwd are writable only by root and protected by mandatory access controls. Monitor these files for unauthorized modifications. Upstream should fix tokenize() to recompute tokenize_end after trimming.
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