ALSA-2026:85277

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Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2026:85277.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2026:85277
Related
Published
2026-10-19T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-10-21T14:00:11Z
Summary
Moderate: hostapd security update
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:9 / hostapd

Package

Name
hostapd
Purl
pkg:rpm/almalinux/hostapd

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.11-3.el9_8

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2026:85277.json"