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CVE-2026-88837 Details

Description

BusyBox httpd treats yescrypt ($y$) password hashes as plaintext during Basic Authentication, inverting the authentication check.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72111 [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-88837 [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2531351 [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-305Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

No affected product data is available for this CVE.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-88837
NVD Published Date:
Sep 23, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Sep 25, 2026
Source:
[email protected]