BusyBox httpd IP deny rules with invalid CIDR prefix lengths fail open, leaving a parsed IP with a zeroed mask so the rule matches no clients.

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Audit all BusyBox httpd configuration files for syntactically valid CIDR prefix lengths. Implement network-level access controls (iptables/nftables) as the primary enforcement layer rather than relying on application-level ACLs.

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Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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Description BusyBox httpd IP deny rules with invalid CIDR prefix lengths fail open, leaving a parsed IP with a zeroed mask so the rule matches no clients.
Title Busybox: busybox: httpd silently fails open when ip deny rules contain invalid cidr prefix lengths
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat hummingbird
Weaknesses CWE-636
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat hummingbird
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-23T18:11:48.288Z

Reserved: 2026-09-10T09:42:04.559Z

Link: CVE-2026-88831

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-23T18:10:58.581Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-23T18:17:10.080

Modified: 2026-09-23T19:19:42.490

Link: CVE-2026-88831

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-23T20:00:09Z

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