RLSA-2026:85277
RLSA-2026:85277 · Moderate: hostapd security update
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hostapd is a user space daemon for access point and authentication servers. It implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticators and RADIUS authentication server. hostapd is designed to be a "daemon" program that runs in the back-ground and acts as the backend component controlling authentication. hostapd supports separate frontend programs and an example text-based frontend, hostapd_cli, is included with hostapd. Security Fix(es): * hostapd: hostapd: Denial of Service via malformed Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link Operation association request (CVE-2026-58374) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
CVSS 7.1 · High · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
hostapd Rocky Linux:9
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 0:2.11-3.el9_8
Update to 0:2.11-3.el9_8