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TI-2018-15900 Aliases CVE-2018-1000500GHSA-248x-4c3j-hcg7

Busybox contains a Missing SSL certificate validation vulnerability in The "busybox wget"…

Priority HIGH 70CWE-295Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.

Summary

Busybox contains a Missing SSL certificate validation vulnerability in The "busybox wget" applet that can result in arbitrary code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via Simply download any file over HTTPS using "busybox wget https://compromised-domain.com/important-file".

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.02487 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.32.0Vulnerablebusybox
  • cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.32.0 Vulnerable ·busybox

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1000500
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-248x-4c3j-hcg7

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

  • TI-2016-05394 The recv_and_process_client_pkt function in networking/ntpd.c in busybox allows remote… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-15917 BusyBox project BusyBox wget version prior to commit… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-01959 Heap-based buffer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.25.0 allows… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-37846 BusyBox wget thru 1.3.7 accepted raw CR (0x0D)/LF (0x0A) and other C0 control bytes in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2023-22583 A use-after-free vulnerability in BusyBox v.1.36.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2021-18788 Out-of-bounds read in busybox CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
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Sources

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