{"id":"ALSA-2026:85277","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.  \n\nSecurity Fix(es):  \n\n  * hostapd: hostapd: Denial of Service via malformed Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link Operation association request (CVE-2026-58374)\n\n\nFor 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.\n","modified":"2026-10-21T14:00:11.879133367Z","published":"2026-10-19T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2026-58374"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85277"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-58374"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2494924"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-85277.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"hostapd","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/hostapd"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.11-3.el9_8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2026:85277.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}