CVE-2026-26157

HIGHPre-NVD 7.07.0—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.0 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-02-11. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Elevated
7.0
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 7.0Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A flaw was found in BusyBox. Incomplete path sanitization in its archive extraction utilities allows an attacker to craft malicious archives that when extracted, and under specific conditions, may write to files outside the intended directory. This can lead to arbitrary file overwrite, potentially enabling code execution through the modification of sensitive system files.

CVSS v3
7.0
EG Score
7.0(medium)
EG Risk
48(Track)
EG Risk 48/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity70% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
48.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

February 11, 2026

Last Modified

July 15, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated May 5, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2439039 – (CVE-2026-26157) CVE-2026-26157 busybox: BusyBox: Arbitrary file overwrite and potential code execution via incomplete path sanitization

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2439039
redhat Patch Available

cve-details

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26157
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13831

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-26157(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatbusybox-main-1.37.0-7.2.hum12026-05-05redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 53× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-52538
    First seen Apr 30, 2026

    BusyBox 1.37.0 - Path Traversal

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-26157?
CVE-2026-26157 is a high vulnerability published on February 11, 2026. A flaw was found in BusyBox. Incomplete path sanitization in its archive extraction utilities allows an attacker to craft malicious archives that when extracted, and under specific conditions, may write to files outside the intended directory. This can lead to arbitrary file overwrite, potentially…
When was CVE-2026-26157 disclosed?
CVE-2026-26157 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 11, 2026, with the most recent update on July 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-26157 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-26157 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 48.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-26157?
CVE-2026-26157 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-26157?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-26157, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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