A stack overflow in the evaluate() function (editors/awk.c) of BusyBox commit 371fe9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted AWK script.

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

🎯 Affected products2

• azl3 busybox 1.36.1-24 on Azure Linux 3.0
• azl3 busybox 1.36.1-26 on Azure Linux 3.0

✅ Remediation

KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 1.36.1-26 KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 1.36.1-25

🔗 References (2)

• advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-38752
• referencehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-upgrade