Input validation error in BusyBox - CVE-2025-46394

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Input validation error in BusyBox - CVE-2025-46394

Published: April 25, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU107931
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-46394
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of filenames inside a tar archive. A remote attacker can add a specially crafted file into an archive and trick the victim into overwriting critical files on the system, leading to a potential privilege escalation.


Affected software

BusyBox
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Anolis OS
AppDynamics NodeJS Agent
busybox-petitboot
busybox-help
busybox-debugsource
busybox-debuginfo
busybox
busybox-shared
busybox-doc
busybox-tunctl
busybox-iputils
busybox-gawk
busybox-which
busybox-sha3sum
busybox-dos2unix
busybox-psmisc
busybox-sed
busybox-kmod
busybox-hostname
busybox-gzip
busybox-xz
busybox-attr
busybox-sendmail
busybox-diffutils
busybox-telnet
busybox-sysvinit-tools
busybox-hexedit
busybox-syslogd
busybox-procps
busybox-sh
busybox-coreutils
busybox-vi
busybox-bzip2
busybox-less
busybox-man
busybox-bc
busybox-wget
busybox-misc
busybox-bind-utils
busybox-policycoreutils
busybox-tar
busybox-udhcpc
busybox-selinux-tools
busybox-findutils
busybox-time
busybox-netcat
busybox-ncurses-utils
busybox-ed
busybox-adduser
busybox-links
busybox-traceroute
busybox-unzip
busybox-vlan
busybox-patch
busybox-grep
busybox-cpio
busybox-kbd
busybox-whois
busybox-sharutils
busybox-iproute2
busybox-util-linux
busybox-net-tools
busybox-tftp
busybox-warewulf3-debuginfo
busybox-warewulf3
busybox-static-debuginfo
busybox-testsuite
busybox-static

How to mitigate CVE-2025-46394

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

AppDynamics NodeJS Agent - update to 25.12.1
busybox-petitboot - addressed in versions 1.31.1-25, 1.34.1-25, 1.36.1-11
busybox-help - addressed in versions 1.31.1-25, 1.34.1-25, 1.36.1-11
busybox-debugsource - addressed in versions 1.31.1-25, 1.34.1-25, 1.36.1-11
busybox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 1.31.1-25, 1.34.1-25, 1.36.1-11
busybox - addressed in versions 1.31.1-25, 1.34.1-25, 1.36.1-11
busybox-shared - update to 1.36.0-4
busybox-doc - update to 1.36.0-4
busybox-petitboot - update to 1.36.0-4
busybox - update to 1.36.0-4
busybox-tunctl - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-iputils - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-gawk - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-which - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-sha3sum - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-dos2unix - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-psmisc - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-sed - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-kmod - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-hostname - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-gzip - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-xz - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-attr - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-sendmail - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-diffutils - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-telnet - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-sysvinit-tools - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-hexedit - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-syslogd - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-procps - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-sh - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-coreutils - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-vi - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-bzip2 - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-less - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-man - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-bc - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-wget - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-misc - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-bind-utils - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-policycoreutils - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-tar - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-udhcpc - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-selinux-tools - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-findutils - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-time - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-netcat - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-ncurses-utils - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-ed - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-adduser - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-links - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-traceroute - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-unzip - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-vlan - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-patch - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-grep - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-cpio - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-kbd - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-whois - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-sharutils - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-iproute2 - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-util-linux - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-net-tools - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-tftp - update to 1.37.0-150500.7.9.1
busybox-warewulf3-debuginfo - update to 1.37.0-150500.10.14.1
busybox-warewulf3 - update to 1.37.0-150500.10.14.1
busybox-debugsource - update to 1.37.0-150500.10.14.1
busybox-debuginfo - update to 1.37.0-150500.10.14.1
busybox-static-debuginfo - update to 1.37.0-150500.10.14.1
busybox - addressed in versions 1.37.0-150500.10.14.1, 1.37.0-150700.18.10.1
busybox-testsuite - update to 1.37.0-150500.10.14.1
busybox-static - addressed in versions 1.37.0-150500.10.14.1, 1.37.0-150700.18.10.1

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