CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-88839

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Sep 23, 2026Sources checked Oct 3, 2026

6.7MEDIUMCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-88839 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.7. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

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Release Notes

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.1%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-88839?

BusyBox passwd/group tokenize() references a stale endpoint pointer after trimming, causing an out-of-bounds write of heap pointers.