[ CVE-2026-88837 · Published 23 Sep 2026 ]
Vulnerability in Red Hat Hardened Images
CVSS 6.5
EPSS <1%1 agency advisoryNo fix listed yet
[ Description ]Official description
BusyBox httpd treats yescrypt ($y$) password hashes as plaintext during Basic Authentication, inverting the authentication check.
[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches
No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.
[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories
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BSI CERT-BundWID-SEC-2026-3557
BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German