UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90954

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-90954
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90954.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90954
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-90954
Published
2026-10-15T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-10-17T13:01:16Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in BusyBox's dpkg-deb archive extraction. The ar archive handler flushes deferred symlinks after each archive member, unlike the tar, cpio, and unzip handlers which flush once after the last member. A specially crafted .deb archive with two data.tar members can exploit this ordering: the first member declares a symlink pointing to an absolute path (e.g., '/'), which is deferred as unsafe but flushed after the first member. The second member declares a regular file whose path traverses the now-live symlink, resulting in a file being written outside the intended extraction directory. This could allow an attacker to write arbitrary files to arbitrary locations when a user extracts a crafted .deb package.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/busybox?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.30.1-4ubuntu4
1:1.30.1-4ubuntu5
1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6
1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.1
1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.2
1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.3
1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.4
1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-initramfs",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-static",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-syslogd",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "udhcpc",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "udhcpd",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90954.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/busybox?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.30.1-6ubuntu3
1:1.30.1-7ubuntu1
1:1.30.1-7ubuntu2
1:1.30.1-7ubuntu3
1:1.30.1-7ubuntu3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.30.1-7ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-initramfs",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.30.1-7ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-static",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.30.1-7ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-syslogd",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.30.1-7ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "udhcpc",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.30.1-7ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "udhcpd",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.30.1-7ubuntu3.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90954.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/busybox?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.36.1-3ubuntu1
1:1.36.1-6ubuntu1
1:1.36.1-6ubuntu3
1:1.36.1-6ubuntu3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.36.1-6ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-initramfs",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.36.1-6ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-static",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.36.1-6ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-syslogd",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.36.1-6ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "udhcpc",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.36.1-6ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "udhcpd",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.36.1-6ubuntu3.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90954.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/busybox?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.37.0-4ubuntu1
1:1.37.0-7ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.37.0-7ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-initramfs",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.37.0-7ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-static",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.37.0-7ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-syslogd",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.37.0-7ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "udhcpc",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.37.0-7ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "udhcpd",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.37.0-7ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90954.json"
Ubuntu:26.10
busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/busybox?arch=source&distro=stonking

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.37.0-7ubuntu1
1:1.37.0-10.1ubuntu2
1:1.37.0-10.1ubuntu3
1:1.38.0-3ubuntu1
1:1.38.0-3ubuntu3
1:1.38.0-3ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.38.0-3ubuntu4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-static",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.38.0-3ubuntu4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-syslogd",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.38.0-3ubuntu4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "udhcpc",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.38.0-3ubuntu4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "udhcpd",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.38.0-3ubuntu4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90954.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/busybox?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.20.0-8.1ubuntu1
1:1.20.0-9ubuntu1
1:1.20.0-9ubuntu2
1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1
1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4
1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-initramfs",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-static",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-syslogd",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "udhcpc",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "udhcpd",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90954.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/busybox?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1
1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4
1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4+esm1
1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4+esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-initramfs",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-static",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-syslogd",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "udhcpc",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "udhcpd",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4+esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90954.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/busybox?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fbionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.22.0-19ubuntu2
1:1.27.2-1ubuntu3
1:1.27.2-1ubuntu4
1:1.27.2-2ubuntu2
1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3
1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.1
1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.2
1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.3
1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.4
1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.4+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-initramfs",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-static",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "busybox-syslogd",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "udhcpc",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "udhcpd",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.4+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90954.json"