CVE-2026-97517wifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation
- —Not scoredno CVSS score yet
- 0.16%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 95% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation The HE operation element not only needs to be longer than the fixed part, but also have an appropriate size for the variable part inside of it. Check this.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 9 days later
· 9 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Received.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.16% · top 95% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 – < 6e24f72985782013bf2feb0f0712b2ac9390e909
- affected 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 – < 8fe5eb7b68d76b3801409ada7365c67696e7af84
- affected 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 – < 6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50
- affected 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 – < 0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900
- affected 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 – < 8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768
- affected 5.7
- unaffected < 5.7
- unaffected 6.1.189 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.158 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.111 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.53 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.2 – ≤ *
References
References5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e24f72985782013bf2feb0f0712b2ac9390e909 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fe5eb7b68d76b3801409ada7365c67696e7af84 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-86115 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-97517)Record last updated .