CVE-2026-78807

NameCVE-2026-78807
DescriptionAn 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
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wpa (PTS)bookworm2:2.10-12+deb12u3vulnerable
bookworm (security)2:2.10-12+deb12u2vulnerable
trixie2:2.10-24vulnerable
forky, sid2:2.10-25vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wpasource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://w1.fi/security/2026-2/missing-network-context-validation-for-pmksa-caching.txt
Fixed by: https://git.w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=de5e73a03c34d83568afb3183b2b28c8d7641a30

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