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High · 7.2 CVE-2026-88829 EUVD-2026-100952GHSA-89f7-8rmh-f5q2

Busybox: busybox: http request smuggling via pipelined requests in httpd reverse proxy

Published Oct 14, 2026 · Updated Nov 11, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

A flaw was found in BusyBox httpd's reverse proxy feature. When the proxy is configured to forward requests matching a URL prefix to a backend server, only the first HTTP request on a TCP connection has its path rewritten. An attacker can send a pipelined second request that is relayed verbatim to the backend, bypassing the configured path restrictions. This allows accessing arbitrary paths on the backend server that were not intended to be exposed through the proxy.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 busybox No fix yet —
Debian 13 busybox No fix yet —
Debian 12 busybox No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 busybox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS busybox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS busybox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS busybox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS busybox No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS busybox No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS busybox No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS busybox No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed busybox 1.38.0-4.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:12376-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 busybox No fix yet —

Advisories 2

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