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CVE-2026-88837

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Published: Sep 23, 2026Modified: Sep 25, 2026

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6.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 4.2
Source: secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

Description

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

Related CWEs

CWE-305
Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness
The authentication algorithm is sound, but the implemented mechanism can be bypassed as the result of a separate weakness that is primary to the authentication error.

References (3)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com

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