#1147510 wpa: CVE-2026-78807

Package:
src:wpa
Source:
src:wpa
Submitter:
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Date:
2026-09-12 15:05:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1147510#5
Date:
2026-09-12 15:02:42 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for wpa.

CVE-2026-78807[0]:
| 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


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-78807
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-78807
[1] https://w1.fi/security/2026-2/missing-network-context-validation-for-pmksa-caching.txt
[2] https://git.w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=de5e73a03c34d83568afb3183b2b28c8d7641a30

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore