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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-88838
A flaw was found in BusyBox's mount utility. A non-root user can bypass mount security restrictions set in /etc/fstab by specifying clearing-mask opti...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A flaw was found in BusyBox's mount utility. A non-root user can bypass mount security restrictions set in /etc/fstab by specifying clearing-mask options on the command line. These options pass the non-root flag filter and are merged with fstab options as strings; when the combined options are re-parsed, clearing options can override nosuid, nodev, and noexec protections the administrator intended to enforce.
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