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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-88837
BusyBox httpd treats yescrypt ($y$) password hashes as plaintext during Basic Authentication, inverting the authentication check.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
BusyBox httpd treats yescrypt ($y$) password hashes as plaintext during Basic Authentication, inverting the authentication check.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
busybox
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:13
busybox
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:14
busybox
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org