CVE-2022-28391

HIGH 8.8CVE-2022-28391 · Published 03/04/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-28391 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting busybox (busybox).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.5%, higher than 89.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
busybox busybox	`≤ 1.35.0`	No fix yet

Description

BusyBox through 1.35.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code if netstat is used to print a DNS PTR record's value to a VT compatible terminal. Alternatively, the attacker could choose to change the terminal's colors.

References

git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/busybox/0001-libbb-sockaddr2str-ensure-only-printable-characters-.patch · Mailing List
git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/busybox/0002-nslookup-sanitize-all-printed-strings-with-printable.patch · Mailing List
gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/13661 · Exploit

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

busybox

≤ 1.35.0

No fix yet

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