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UBUNTU-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
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
busybox
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
busybox
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
busybox
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
busybox
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
busybox
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
busybox
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.10
busybox
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
busybox
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
References
- report ubuntu.com
- report cve.org
- report access.redhat.com
- report bugzilla.redhat.com