CVE-2025-60876
Description
BusyBox wget thru 1.3.7 accepted raw CR (0x0D)/LF (0x0A) and other C0 control bytes in the HTTP request-target (path/query), allowing the request line to be split and attacker-controlled headers to be injected. To preserve the HTTP/1.1 request-line shape METHOD SP request-target SP HTTP/1.1, a raw space (0x20) in the request-target must also be rejected (clients should use %20).
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Affected | — |
| sid | Fixed | 1:1.37.0-8 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:1.37.0-8 |
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| busybox | busybox | {"endIncluding":"1.37.0"} | |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-60876
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-60876.html
- https://gist.github.com/subyumatest/41554af6a72aedaacaec026adc311092
- https://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/attachments/20250823/ccdc96ef/attachment-0001.htm
- https://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/attachments/20250828/e7f90492/attachment.htm
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html
CWEs
CWE-284
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.