busybox
Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems
Binary packages in unstable
| Architecture | Version | Section | Installed size |
|---|---|---|---|
| amd64 | 1:1.38.0-3+b1 | utils | 894 kB |
| arm64 | 1:1.38.0-3+b1 | utils | 1,030 kB |
| armhf | 1:1.38.0-3+b1 | utils | 773 kB |
| i386 | 1:1.38.0-3+b1 | utils | 873 kB |
| loong64 | 1:1.38.0-3+b1 | utils | 1,030 kB |
| ppc64el | 1:1.38.0-3+b1 | utils | 1,158 kB |
| riscv64 | 1:1.38.0-3+b1 | utils | 874 kB |
| s390x | 1:1.38.0-3+b1 | utils | 1,062 kB |
Description
Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems
Dependencies amd64
- Depends
- libc6 (>= 2.42)
Source package
- Name
- busybox
- Version
- 1:1.38.0-3
- Maintainer
- Debian Install System Team
- Homepage
- http://www.busybox.net
- Repository
- https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/busybox
Bugs (60 open)
Each bug opens in the Debian bug tracking system, which holds its message log and current state.
- #1151053 important busybox: CVE-2026-88840 on bugs.debian.org pending against src:busybox by Moritz Mühlenhoff reported updated securityupstream
- #1151052 important busybox: CVE-2026-88839 on bugs.debian.org pending against src:busybox by Moritz Mühlenhoff reported updated securityupstream
- #1151051 important busybox: CVE-2026-88837 on bugs.debian.org pending against src:busybox by Moritz Mühlenhoff reported updated securityupstream
- #1151050 important busybox: CVE-2026-88832 on bugs.debian.org pending against src:busybox by Moritz Mühlenhoff reported updated securityupstream
- #1151049 important busybox: CVE-2026-88831 on bugs.debian.org pending against src:busybox by Moritz Mühlenhoff reported updated securityupstream
- #1151048 important busybox: CVE-2026-88830 on bugs.debian.org pending against src:busybox by Moritz Mühlenhoff reported updated securityupstream
- #1150942 important busybox: CVE-2026-88833 on bugs.debian.org pending against src:busybox by Moritz Mühlenhoff reported updated security
- #1150941 important busybox: CVE-2026-88834 on bugs.debian.org pending against src:busybox by Moritz Mühlenhoff reported updated securityupstream
- #1150940 important busybox: CVE-2026-88838 on bugs.debian.org pending against src:busybox by Moritz Mühlenhoff reported updated securityupstream
- #1150771 important busybox: CVE-2026-108119 on bugs.debian.org pending against src:busybox by Moritz Mühlenhoff reported updated securityupstream
- #1010264 important CVE-2022-28391 on bugs.debian.org pending against src:busybox by Moritz Muehlenhoff reported updated patchsecurityupstream
- #927413 important src:busybox: busybox-udeb: /etc/udhcpc/default.script assumes a default route from DHCP on bugs.debian.org pending-fixed against src:busybox by Christoph Biedl reported updated pending
- #847424 important mount implementations from busybox and klibc-utils incomplete, fail to mount /usr when using auto option on bugs.debian.org forwarded by Kyuma Ohta reported updated forwarded to lists.busybox.net confirmedpatchupstream
- #636162 important busybox-syslogd: it doesn't start on hurd on bugs.debian.org pending against busybox-syslogd by Gabriele Giacone reported updated confirmed
- #1147077 normal busybox: Please enable nohup applet on bugs.debian.org pending by Benjamin Drung reported updated
- #1147074 normal make busybox and busybox-static co-installable on bugs.debian.org pending by Michael Tokarev reported updated
- #1146906 normal busybox-static: mount -t auto fails to trigger kernel module loading on bugs.debian.org pending against busybox-static by Benjamin Drung reported updated
- #1146905 normal busybox-static: losetup lacks support for the option --show on bugs.debian.org pending against busybox-static by Benjamin Drung reported updated
- #1146904 normal busybox-static: sulogin lacks support for the option -e on bugs.debian.org pending against busybox-static by Benjamin Drung reported updated
- #1063505 normal udhcpd provides unknown virtual package dhcpd on bugs.debian.org pending against udhcpd by Max-Julian Pogner reported updated
- #1063504 normal udhcpc does not Provides: dhcp-client on bugs.debian.org pending against udhcpc by Max-Julian Pogner reported updated
- #1055167 normal Network interface lost IP when lease expired after switching from isc-dhcp-client on bugs.debian.org pending against udhcpc by Larsen reported updated
- #1003757 normal busybox ip ignores peer name on veth pair creation on bugs.debian.org pending by mc36 reported updated confirmedupstream
- #990268 normal busybox: incorrect handling of output error for various BusyBox commands on bugs.debian.org pending by Vincent Lefevre reported updated
- #892323 normal busybox: Broken DHCP setup with multiple gateways on bugs.debian.org pending by Philipp Hahn reported updated
- #877956 normal busybox: Not all testsuite failures are fatal on bugs.debian.org forwarded against src:busybox by James Clarke reported updated forwarded to lists.busybox.net patchupstream
- #877953 normal busybox: FTBFS on hurd-any and kfreebsd-any on bugs.debian.org forwarded against src:busybox by James Clarke reported updated forwarded to lists.busybox.net patchupstream
- #859386 normal busybox sh: bogus home dir handling in cd and tilde expansion on bugs.debian.org pending by Paul Wise reported updated
- #796474 normal busybox: mishandles non-hash lines in sha512sum and friends on bugs.debian.org pending against busybox-static by brian m. carlson reported updated
- #782228 normal busybox sh doesn't support multibyte characters in string handling on bugs.debian.org pending by Vincent Lefevre reported updated
- #780011 normal say what --install does on bugs.debian.org pending by 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson reported updated upstream
- #779609 normal udhcpd is not started if apptemted to start in the boot process on bugs.debian.org pending against udhcpd by Michael Kockmeyer reported updated
- #776554 normal sulogin says "System Maintenance Mode", doesn't asks for a password if the /etc/passwd (or shadow) entry for the user is empty on bugs.debian.org pending by Peng, Nancy (NSN - CN/Beijing) reported updated moreinfo
- #774227 normal busybox-static: always prefers applets when chrooting on bugs.debian.org pending against busybox-static by Bernhard R. Link reported updated wontfix
- #658616 normal wget is unable to use IPv4 addresses for IPv6-capable servers on bugs.debian.org forwarded by Robert Millan reported updated forwarded to bugs.busybox.net confirmedd-iupstream
- #653259 normal busybox --install is not documented on bugs.debian.org pending by Marco d'Itri reported updated upstream
- #601222 normal busybox: pushing patches upstream on bugs.debian.org pending against busybox-static by Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn reported updated
- #476871 normal After lease range is changed, udhcpd sometimes assigns obsolete IP addresses to clients on bugs.debian.org pending against udhcpd reported updated
- #322758 normal udhcpd: udhcp runs without notice when CONFIG_FILTER and CONFIG_SOCKET arent enabled in the kernel on bugs.debian.org pending against udhcpd by Nahuel Greco reported updated
- #1128825 minor busybox: FTBFS with GLIBC_TUNABLES=glibc.malloc.hugetlb=2 on bugs.debian.org pending against src:busybox by Emanuele Rocca reported updated ftbfspatchupstream
- #1120828 minor the BusyBox shell should be known to /etc/shells on bugs.debian.org pending by John Scott reported updated
- #789499 minor busybox: FTBFS with clang instead of gcc on bugs.debian.org pending against src:busybox by Joseph Lee reported updated
- #1146903 wishlist busybox-static: nbd-client breaks dracut: missing option -check and -systemd-mark on bugs.debian.org pending against busybox-static by Benjamin Drung reported updated moreinfo
- #1135987 wishlist busybox: please provide busybox-initrd on bugs.debian.org pending by Benjamin Drung reported updated
- #1095207 wishlist busybox: please enable httpd's proxy feature on bugs.debian.org pending by Nicolas Peugnet reported updated
- #980127 wishlist busybox-static: Please enable the "hush" applet on bugs.debian.org pending against busybox-static by Josh Triplett reported updated moreinfo
- #954075 wishlist busybox: provide a low-priority alternative for vi, view, editor on bugs.debian.org pending by Simon McVittie reported updated
- #925545 wishlist busybox: please provide runscript file -- second call on bugs.debian.org pending against src:busybox by Dmitry Bogatov reported updated moreinfopatch
- #921556 wishlist busybox: Enable more applets to support initramfs-tools on bugs.debian.org pending by Ben Hutchings reported updated upstream
- #881626 wishlist busybox: enable telnetd on bugs.debian.org pending by Luca Boccassi reported updated patch
- #857763 wishlist udhcpd: Please set FEATURE_UDHCPD_WRITE_LEASES_EARLY in build config on bugs.debian.org pending against src:busybox by Sabahattin Gucukoglu reported updated
- #827733 wishlist using BusyBox Init as /sbin/init (works with sysv-rc and openrc) on bugs.debian.org pending by Jon Boden reported updated patchwontfix
- #779890 wishlist udhcpd: Support for multiple interfaces/udhcpd processes on bugs.debian.org pending against udhcpd by Elliott Mitchell reported updated
- #767760 wishlist busybox: Please build selinux support on bugs.debian.org pending by Laurent Bigonville reported updated patch
- #751394 wishlist busybox: please provide a way to disable buffering in STDOUT on bugs.debian.org pending reported updated
- #706596 wishlist wget tftp:// support on bugs.debian.org pending by Trent W. Buck reported updated upstream
- #676001 wishlist initramfs-tools: busybox's switch_root doesn't handle /proc or /sys moving on bugs.debian.org pending by Vagrant Cascadian reported updated wontfix
- #520933 wishlist udhcpc: please exit when releasing a lease on bugs.debian.org pending against udhcpc by Luca Capello reported updated
- #426756 wishlist Patch to enable manual mac address to pxe boot a xen user domain on bugs.debian.org pending against udhcpc by Jan de Haan reported updated patch
- #152361 wishlist busybox: Busybox should Provide: the commands it provides. on bugs.debian.org pending reported updated