CVE-2025-60876 Other in n/a
BusyBox wget allows HTTP request splitting via control characters, enabling header injection and potential cache poisoning or security bypass.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-60876?
CVE-2025-60876 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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).
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-60876?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (3)
busybox Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | All versions | 0:1.37.0-7.1.hum1 |
busybox-petitboot Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | All versions | 0:1.37.0-7.1.hum1 |
busybox-shared Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | All versions | 0:1.37.0-7.1.hum1 |
Products include Busybox Busybox.
How do I fix CVE-2025-60876?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-60876 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-60876 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as AZL-69985, AZL-70043, BELL-CVE-2025-60876, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-60876, ECHO-76a8-cca4-145a, GHSA-48hw-cv6f-mcpj and 9 more.