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vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2018-1000500: busybox -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 26, 2018
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Busybox contains a Missing SSL certificate validation vulnerability in The "busybox wget" applet that can result in arbitrary code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via Simply download any file over HTTPS using "busybox wget https://compromised-domain.com/important-file".

Solution

no-fix-debian-deb-package
Title
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