Medium
Busybox: busybox: httpd misidentifies yescrypt password hashes as plaintext, inverting authentication
BusyBox httpd treats yescrypt ($y$) password hashes as plaintext during Basic Authentication, inverting the authentication check.
Announced Source revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2026-88837
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-88837
Red Hat Hardened Images
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1"
],
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Hardened Images",
"versions": [
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "1.37.0-9.1.hum1",
"lessThan": "*",
"versionType": "rpm"
}
],
"packageName": "busybox-main",
"collectionURL": "https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/",
"defaultStatus": "affected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-88837
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
medium
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #2305 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date