{"id":"RLSA-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\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.","modified":"2026-10-21T07:15:07.931572909Z","published":"2026-10-21T06:40:27.160172Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-58374"],"database_specific":{"license":"CC-BY-4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","source_advisory":"RHSA-2026:85277"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:85277"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2494924"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85277"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"hostapd","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/hostapd?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.11-3.el9_8"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"AppStream"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:85277.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}