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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2026-88838 EUVD-2026-98898GHSA-wq8x-j557-xr3g

Busybox: busybox: non-root mount option filter bypass allows clearing fstab security restrictions

Published Oct 13, 2026 · Updated Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

A flaw was found in BusyBox's mount utility. A non-root user can bypass mount security restrictions set in /etc/fstab by specifying clearing-mask options on the command line. These options pass the non-root flag filter and are merged with fstab options as strings; when the combined options are re-parsed, clearing options can override nosuid, nodev, and noexec protections the administrator intended to enforce.

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 —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 busybox No fix yet —

Advisories 1

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