CVE-2026-88837

MEDIUMCVSS 6.5

Description

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

Timeline

Published:September 23rd, 2026 6:17 PM

Last modified:September 23rd, 2026 7:19 PM

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute