CVE-2026-53258

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-25. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: fix leak if split 6 GHz scanning fails

rdev->int_scan_req is leaked if cfg80211_scan() fails. Note that it's supposed to be released at ___cfg80211_scan_done() but this doesn't happen as rdev->scan_req is NULL at that point, too, leading to the early return from the freeing function.

unreferenced object 0xffff8881161d0800 (size 512): comm "wpa_supplicant", pid 379, jiffies 4294749765 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0 81 13 16 81 88 ff ff ................ backtrace (crc c867fdb6): kmemleak_alloc+0x89/0x90 __kmalloc_noprof+0x2fd/0x410 cfg80211_scan+0x133/0x730 nl80211_trigger_scan+0xc69/0x1cc0 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x204/0x2f0 genl_rcv_msg+0x431/0x6b0 netlink_rcv_skb+0x143/0x3f0 genl_rcv+0x27/0x40 netlink_unicast+0x4f6/0x820 netlink_sendmsg+0x797/0xce0 __sock_sendmsg+0xc4/0x160 ____sys_sendmsg+0x5e4/0x890 ___sys_sendmsg+0xf8/0x180 __sys_sendmsg+0x136/0x1e0 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x76/0xc0 x64_sys_call+0x13f0/0x17d0

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 25, 2026

Last Modified

July 8, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 8, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

wifi: fix leak if split 6 GHz scanning fails - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb8db813eba2e56ee001c9fb5c2ce2cb78c42642
generic

wifi: fix leak if split 6 GHz scanning fails - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8694f7cc29287e843648d1075177b9a2000d957
generic

wifi: fix leak if split 6 GHz scanning fails - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a24134ddc18b4d440714365637d440b7121447b9

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-53258(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 54× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-27 17:26 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-27 17:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-26 15:11 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-26 15:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-07-23 03:19 UTCEG score recompute
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  15. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-16 09:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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  19. 2026-07-15 09:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-14 08:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-13 07:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  25. 2026-07-12 06:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-11 05:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-10 05:07 UTCEG score recompute▲ 5.50
  3. 2026-07-10 05:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-08 16:51 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  7. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-07 06:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  16. 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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  18. 2026-07-04 07:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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  21. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-01 07:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-28 09:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-06-25 10:05 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-06-25 10:04 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-53258?
CVE-2026-53258 is a medium vulnerability published on June 25, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: fix leak if split 6 GHz scanning fails rdev->intscanreq is leaked if cfg80211_scan() fails. Note that it's supposed to be released at cfg80211scan_done() but this doesn't happen as rdev->scan_req is NULL at that point, too,…
When was CVE-2026-53258 disclosed?
CVE-2026-53258 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 25, 2026, with the most recent update on July 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-53258 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-53258 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-53258?
CVE-2026-53258 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-53258?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-53258, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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