Published Oct 14, 2026Sources checked Oct 21, 2026
3.3LOWCVSS out of 10
What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2026-88842 and is rated Low severity with a CVSS score of 3.3. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
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Vendor revision: Oct 21, 2026
Release Notes
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview
What is CVE-2026-88842?
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.