# CVE-2026-76014: BusyBox FEATURE\_WGET\_TIMEOUT wget.c null pointer dereference

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-08-19 · Updated: 2026-08-25

## Affected

- n/a BusyBox: 1.30.0, 1.30.1

## Description

A vulnerability has been found in BusyBox up to 1.30.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file networking/wget.c of the component FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT Handler. Such manipulation of the argument -T leads to null pointer dereference. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 83a40bf7a93c8ac093d33ab452222dd5b9eb57ff. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a BusyBox, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/391923
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/391923/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-76014
- https://vuldb.com/submit/878212
- https://github.com/mirror/busybox/issues/124
- https://gist.github.com/wyxstarry/5c199ec824928c5ae5816aaecbc6df03
- https://github.com/mirror/busybox/commit/83a40bf7a93c8ac093d33ab452222dd5b9eb57ff

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