CVE•Published 2026-07-15•Modified 2026-07-20•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-38752Busybox · Busybox
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
2.9
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS percentile
23
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 77% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A stack overflow in the evaluate() function (editors/awk.c) of BusyBox commit 371fe9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted AWK script.
Timeline
Published 2026-07-15
Modified 2026-07-20
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-38752Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Busybox Busybox" version:"2024-07-13"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Busybox"HTTP body or banner mentions "Busybox" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-38752Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-38752Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-38752Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-38752GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-38752" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-38752 on GitHub.
We haven't classified any articles referencing CVE-2026-38752 yet. The external references above still apply.