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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-46394

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.

Published Apr 23, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 2, 2026 · In tar in BusyBox

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-46394. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of In tar in BusyBox is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (In tar in BusyBox).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Low3.2
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.18%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor busybox busybox 0 ≤1.37.0

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor busybox busybox 0 ≤1.37.00 ≤1.37.0

How to fix CVE-2025-46394

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-46394. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of In tar in BusyBox is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with busybox busybox 0 ≤1.37.0 0 ≤1.37.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.18%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 23, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Jun 2, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-46394

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-46394

    30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-11984

    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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.