CVE-2026-74649

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-22. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: 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:

staging: rtl8723bs: fix missing shared-key auth challenge length check

The WEP shared-key authentication handler uses the challenge-text element's attacker-controlled length without checking it against the fixed 128-byte chg_txt buffer.

In OnAuthClient() the length from rtw_get_ie() - up to 255 - is used to perform memcpy() into the 128-byte pmlmeinfo->chg_txt, so a malicious AP sending a malformed WLAN_EID_CHALLENGE element can overflow/underfill chg_txt by up to 127 bytes. It is reachable over the air, before association, during shared-key authentication. In the case of an overflow, the driver can write out of bounds. In the case of an underfill, the driver can echo stale buffer memory.

The challenge text is defined to be exactly 128 octets, which is already provided as the WLAN_AUTH_CHALLENGE_LEN define; require the element to be exactly that length before use.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(high)
EG Risk
44(Track)
EG Risk 44/100SSVC: 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
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
21%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 22, 2026

Last Modified

August 25, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Aug 25, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

staging: rtl8723bs: fix missing shared-key auth challenge length check - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c56ef658ac8c6bca36bc5574715e8f717207c6c
generic

staging: rtl8723bs: fix missing shared-key auth challenge length check - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6235b5156b48ed5d1ce3410d8f0b2fd67d30d944
generic

staging: rtl8723bs: fix missing shared-key auth challenge length check - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a28a4b0592e4a37ea471bc0d308513a93133ce7e
generic

staging: rtl8723bs: fix missing shared-key auth challenge length check - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87c2f073d2aaea041d531b8e579c47570b54b3b7
generic

staging: rtl8723bs: fix missing shared-key auth challenge length check - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ba402fd47009d20e51dbfc934abb562098ea35b
generic

staging: rtl8723bs: fix missing shared-key auth challenge length check - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d018e7d7d908bdfcb5ecfa922b1d5cb9ddb3722
generic

staging: rtl8723bs: fix missing shared-key auth challenge length check - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39ae1033071001af9bb4573ebdbb43bbbe88f749

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-74649(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 25× in last 7d / 28× 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. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-29 22:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-29 11:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-29 00:50 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-29 00:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-28 10:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-28 00:03 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-28 00:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-27 13:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-27 02:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-26 15:20 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-26 15:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-26 04:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-25 17:27 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-25 17:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-25 06:29 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-25 06:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-25 05:56 UTCEG score recompute 8.80
  23. 2026-08-25 05:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-25 05:55 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8.8 · severity → HIGH
  25. 2026-08-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
Show 3 more
  1. 2026-08-22 16:24 UTCNVD update
  2. 2026-08-22 15:41 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-22 15:35 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-74649?
CVE-2026-74649 is a high vulnerability published on August 22, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix missing shared-key auth challenge length check The WEP shared-key authentication handler uses the challenge-text element's attacker-controlled length without checking it against the fixed 128-byte chg_txt…
When was CVE-2026-74649 disclosed?
CVE-2026-74649 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 22, 2026, with the most recent update on August 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-74649 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-74649 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 79.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-74649?
CVE-2026-74649 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-74649?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-74649, 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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