Security update for busybox

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0758-1
Release Date: 2026-03-03T12:16:21Z
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-26157 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-26157 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-26157 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-26158 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-26158 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-26158 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for busybox fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2026-26157: Arbitrary file overwrite and potential code execution via incomplete path sanitization (bsc#1258163).
  • CVE-2026-26158: Arbitrary file modification and privilege escalation via unvalidated tar archive entries (bsc#1258167).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-758=1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-758=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-758=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-758=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-758=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-758=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-758=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-758=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
    • busybox-policycoreutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-vi-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-psmisc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-attr-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-telnet-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-cpio-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-dos2unix-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-ed-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-sendmail-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-vlan-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-misc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-coreutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-sed-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-traceroute-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-diffutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-unzip-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-bzip2-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-sharutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-links-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-syslogd-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-kbd-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-util-linux-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-tftp-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-wget-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-patch-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-tunctl-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-less-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-hexedit-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-time-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-sha3sum-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-net-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-kmod-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-sh-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-ncurses-utils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-netcat-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-which-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-tar-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-selinux-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-bc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-gzip-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-iproute2-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-man-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-whois-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-procps-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-adduser-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-udhcpc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-hostname-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-xz-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-findutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-gawk-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-bind-utils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-grep-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-iputils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-sysvinit-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • busybox-debugsource-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    • busybox-debuginfo-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    • busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    • busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    • busybox-static-debuginfo-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    • busybox-testsuite-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)
    • busybox-warewulf3-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    • busybox-warewulf3-debuginfo-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • busybox-testsuite-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    • busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    • busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
    • busybox-policycoreutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-vi-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-psmisc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-attr-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-telnet-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-cpio-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-dos2unix-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-ed-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-sendmail-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-vlan-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-misc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-coreutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-sed-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-traceroute-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-diffutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-unzip-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-bzip2-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-sharutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-links-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-syslogd-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-kbd-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-util-linux-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-tftp-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-wget-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-patch-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-tunctl-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-less-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-hexedit-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-time-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-sha3sum-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-net-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-kmod-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-sh-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-ncurses-utils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-netcat-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-which-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-tar-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-selinux-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-bc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-gzip-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-iproute2-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-man-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-whois-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-procps-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-adduser-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-udhcpc-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-hostname-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-xz-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-findutils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-gawk-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-bind-utils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-grep-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-iputils-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
    • busybox-sysvinit-tools-1.37.0-150500.7.11.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • busybox-warewulf3-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    • busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    • busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    • busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    • busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    • busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • busybox-static-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1
    • busybox-1.37.0-150500.10.17.1

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