CVE-2026-53178

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-25. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 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:

staging: rtl8723bs: rtw_mlme: add bounds checks before ie_length subtraction

Add guards to ensure ie_length is large enough before subtracting fixed IE offsets to prevent unsigned integer underflow.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(high)
EPSS
11.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 25, 2026

Last Modified

July 6, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 28, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

staging: rtl8723bs: rtw_mlme: add bounds checks before ie_length subtraction - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe
generic

staging: rtl8723bs: rtw_mlme: add bounds checks before ie_length subtraction - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/542d65a6dbd9733baab96313c9fe76a76e93f484

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-53178(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 38× in last 7d / 56× 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. 2026-07-07 04:00 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-07 04:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-06 15:28 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-06 15:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-06 03:15 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-06 03:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-05 14:54 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-05 14:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-05 02:44 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-05 02:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-04 14:33 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-04 14:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-04 02:22 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-07-04 02:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-03 14:02 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-07-03 14:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-03 01:52 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-07-03 01:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-02 13:42 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-02 13:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-02 01:32 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-02 01:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-01 13:22 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-01 13:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-01 01:12 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-01 01:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-06-30 13:02 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-06-30 13:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-06-30 00:50 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-06-30 00:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-29 12:40 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-06-29 12:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-06-29 00:30 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-06-29 00:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-28 12:18 UTCEG score recompute▲ 8.10
  24. 2026-06-28 12:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-06-28 07:52 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8.1 · severity → HIGH
  26. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-06-25 10:08 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-06-25 10:08 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-53178?
CVE-2026-53178 is a high vulnerability published on June 25, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: rtwmlme: add bounds checks before ielength subtraction Add guards to ensure ie_length is large enough before subtracting fixed IE offsets to prevent unsigned integer underflow.
When was CVE-2026-53178 disclosed?
CVE-2026-53178 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 25, 2026, with the most recent update on July 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-53178 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-53178 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 11.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-53178?
CVE-2026-53178 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-53178?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-53178, 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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