CVE-2026-53179

HIGHNVD 7.1Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: 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: fix buffer over-read in rtw_update_protection

rtw_update_protection() is called with a pointer offset into the ies buffer but the full ie_length is passed, causing a potential buffer over-read.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
0.0(none)
EPSS
7.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 25, 2026

Last Modified

July 6, 2026

References (4)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-53179(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 14× in last 7d / 23× 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. 2026-07-06 18:21 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.1 · severity → HIGH
  2. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-04 20:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-04 12:27 UTCNVD update
  10. 2026-07-04 12:16 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  11. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-01 16:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-06-28 13:26 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-06-28 13:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-06-25 10:07 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-06-25 10:07 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-53179?
CVE-2026-53179 is a high vulnerability published on June 25, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix buffer over-read in rtwupdateprotection rtwupdateprotection() is called with a pointer offset into the ies buffer but the full ie_length is passed, causing a potential buffer over-read.
When was CVE-2026-53179 disclosed?
CVE-2026-53179 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-2026-53179 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-53179 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 7.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-53179?
CVE-2026-53179 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 0.0.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-53179?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-53179, 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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