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ALPINE-CVE-2021-42377

ALPINE-CVE-2021-42377 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

An attacker-controlled pointer free in Busybox's hush applet leads to denial of service and possible code execution when processing a crafted shell command, due to the shell mishandling the &&& string. This may be used for remote code execution under rare conditions of filtered command input.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.20busybox0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.14busybox0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.11busybox0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.19busybox0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.21busybox0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.16busybox0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.15busybox0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.23busybox0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.12busybox0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.13busybox0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.18busybox0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.17busybox0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.22busybox0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Nov 15, 2021 CVE Published
  • Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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