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How severe is CVE-2026-88842?

CVE-2026-88842 has a CVSS v3 severity of LOW (3.3).

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CVE-2026-88842

Description

A flaw was found in BusyBox dpkg. The write_status_file() function does not reset a field cursor between package stanzas. When two packages are removed in a single invocation and the first stanza is larger than the second, the second package stanza can be dropped from the status file, causing limited data corruption.