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Medium RLSA-2026:85276 1 CVE

Moderate: hostapd security update

Published Oct 21, 2026 · Updated Oct 21, 2026

Summary

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.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 10 hostapd 0:2.11-3.el10_2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 6.5

    In hostapd before 2.12, a missing bounds check in AP-mode Wi-Fi 7 (IEEE 802.11be) Multi-Link Operation (MLO) associatio…

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2494924
  • advisory
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85276