Vulnerability in Red Hat Hardened Images

[ Description ]Official description

A flaw was found in BusyBox dpkg. The write_status_file() function does not reset a field cursor between package stanzas. When two packages are removed in a single invocation and the first stanza is larger than the second, the second package stanza can be dropped from the status file, causing limited data corruption.

[ 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

• BSI CERT-Bund14 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-3953

  BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  CVE-2026-90954CVE-2026-88829CVE-2026-88842

[ References ]References

• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:81391
• access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-88842
• bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi