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CVE-2026-53178

30
FAUCET Score

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: rtw_mlme: add bounds checks before ie_length subtraction Add guards to ensure ie_length is large enough before subtracting fixed IE offsets to prevent unsigned integer underflow.

First published: Jun 25, 2026Last modified: Jun 28, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.15, < 7.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
10.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 6th percentile among its peer group of 1,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2026-Jun/CVE-2026-53178Moderate

staging: rtl8723bs: rtw_mlme: add bounds checks before ie_length subtraction

Jun 9, 2026

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/542d65a6dbd9733baab96313c9fe76a76e93f484
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe
Patch