| Name | CVE-2025-46394 |
| Description | In tar in BusyBox through 1.37.0, a TAR archive can have filenames hidden from a listing through the use of terminal escape sequences. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1104008 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| busybox (PTS) | bullseye | 1:1.30.1-6 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 1:1.30.1-6+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1:1.35.0-4 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 1:1.37.0-6 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 1:1.37.0-7 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| busybox | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1104008 |
Notes
[trixie] - busybox <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream)
[bookworm] - busybox <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream)
https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=16018
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/23/1
Proposed patch: https://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2025-April/091461.html