CVE-2026-78807 Affecting wpa_supplicant package, versions <2.11-160000.5.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-WPASUPPLICANT-21004786
  • published16 Oct 2026
  • disclosed5 Oct 2026

Introduced: 5 Oct 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 wpa_supplicant to version 2.11-160000.5.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wpa_supplicant package and not the wpa_supplicant package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue in wpa_supplicant all versions before v.2.12 allows a local attacker to bypass proper network context and AKMP matching for PMKSA caching via missing validation in the driver based PMKSA selection path in wpa.c

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1