CVE-2026-88842 Busybox: busybox: dpkg stale field_start pointer causes out-of-bounds read and status file corruption

A flaw was found in BusyBox dpkg. The writestatusfile 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...

CVE-2026-88842

A flaw exists in the BusyBox dpkg utility where the write_status_file() function fails to reset a field cursor between package stanzas. This results in an out-of-bounds read and leads to limited data corruption when two packages are removed in a single invocation, specifically if the first stanza...

busybox: busybox: dpkg write_status_file() stale cursor causes out-of-bounds read and status file corruption

BusyBox dpkg writestatusfile does not reset a stale field cursor between package stanzas, causing out-of-bounds reads and status file corruption when removing multiple packages...

CVE-2026-88841

BusyBox dpkg writestatusfile does not reset a stale field cursor between package stanzas, causing out-of-bounds reads and status file corruption when removing multiple packages. Mitigation Do not use the BusyBox dpkg applet for package management on systems where package integrity is critical...