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CVE-2026-53257

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 36/100
Published: 2026-06-25 Modified: 2026-11-06 First seen: 2026-11-06 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: enforce HE/EHT cap/oper consistency Xiang Mei reports that mac80211 could crash if eht_cap is set but eht_oper isn't. Rather than fixing that for the individual user(s), enforce that both HE/EHT have consistent elements.

Affected Software (11)

VendorProductVersion
Linux Linux 22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb < afe815a67ec8f2fd03c261fb64f5cde7eb05c17a
Linux Linux 22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb < 0f5e9ddd7e8e7758771a63cdd498a2007dc8da7a
Linux Linux 22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb < cb9959ab5f99611d27a06586add84811fe8102dc
Linux Linux 6.16
linux linux_kernel 6.16 – 7.0.13
linux linux_kernel 7.1
linux linux_kernel 7.1
linux linux_kernel 7.1
linux linux_kernel 7.1
linux linux_kernel 7.1
linux linux_kernel 7.1

References & Advisories (3)

Bug Bounty Relevance

36 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.16%
Raw Score 0.001600
Percentile 5.2%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00160
2026-11-12
0.00160
2026-11-10
0.00160
2026-11-09
0.00160
2026-11-08
0.00160
2026-11-07
0.00160
2026-11-06
0.00160

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →

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