CVE-2026-98339

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-10-06. A secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: cfg80211: don't filter by BSS type when removing stale entries

When an assoc AP switches to a channel that already has a BSS entry, cfg80211_update_assoc_bss_entry() removes that entry before rehashing the real one, since the two would otherwise collide in the BSS rbtree.

The lookup for that entry also required it to match the connection's BSS type, so an entry advertising e.g. the IBSS capability bit was left in place, and the following cfg80211_rehash_bss() then ran into it:

WARN_ON(!cmp)

Changing the type shouldn't really happen, but can be triggered by a rogue AP/device, so drop the check and remove any entries matching the comparison.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
40
EG Risk 40/100

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 (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity88% × 45%
The EG Score, 8.8 of 10.
Exploitation0.3% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
19th
KEV
Not listed

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

October 6, 2026

Last Modified

October 7, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Oct 7, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

wifi: cfg80211: don't filter by BSS type when removing stale entries - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b377e1000d963e7182a987082b4b06580bd7ac84
Web page

wifi: cfg80211: don't filter by BSS type when removing stale entries - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0aa44982125c86b47961be5ac1c82eddab8080f3
Web page

wifi: cfg80211: don't filter by BSS type when removing stale entries - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d2fd26185678038ef2ea11dd4d2e6eccbf2dd25
Web page

wifi: cfg80211: don't filter by BSS type when removing stale entries - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64e23a36d8f04811372365b44cfca325f8e0f4bb
Web page

wifi: cfg80211: don't filter by BSS type when removing stale entries - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65fdb973bd905bc3f5cb045a04c1828f2d2a7e24
Web page

wifi: cfg80211: don't filter by BSS type when removing stale entries - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb445ec7480da5d2b82bf681e3b4313603722729
Web page

wifi: cfg80211: don't filter by BSS type when removing stale entries - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1380ee3a202dbb9f8e8b3c3b87eb410450d57799
Web page

wifi: cfg80211: don't filter by BSS type when removing stale entries - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ef87a853327434ae1cd9c5a2c27a557fb4047fc

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-98339(2)

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

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (360 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (183 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (181 versions)
  • every version up to 7.2.8-1: fixed in 7.2.8-1
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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 37× in last 7d / 48× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-13 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 19th percentile
  2. 2026-10-13 03:57 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-13 03:57 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-13 03:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rfq-q292-hgch · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  5. 2026-10-12 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 19th percentile
  6. 2026-10-12 14:38 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-11 21:35 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-11 21:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rfq-q292-hgch · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  9. 2026-10-11 19:10 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-11 16:24 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-11 13:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 19th percentile
  12. 2026-10-11 13:37 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-11 09:21 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-10-11 09:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rfq-q292-hgch · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  15. 2026-10-10 21:07 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-10 21:07 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-10 21:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rfq-q292-hgch · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  18. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 19th percentile
  19. 2026-10-10 08:50 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-10 08:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rfq-q292-hgch · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  21. 2026-10-09 20:37 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-09 20:37 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-09 20:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rfq-q292-hgch · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  24. 2026-10-09 20:08 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 19th percentile
  25. 2026-10-09 08:24 UTCVendor advisory
Show 23 more
  1. 2026-10-09 08:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rfq-q292-hgch · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  2. 2026-10-08 20:10 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-08 20:10 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-08 20:10 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rfq-q292-hgch · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  5. 2026-10-08 17:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 19th percentile
  6. 2026-10-08 07:56 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-08 07:56 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-08 07:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rfq-q292-hgch · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  9. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 19th percentile
  10. 2026-10-07 19:43 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-07 19:43 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-07 19:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rfq-q292-hgch · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  13. 2026-10-07 07:29 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-07 07:29 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-07 07:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rfq-q292-hgch
  16. 2026-10-07 06:57 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 8.8 HIGH
  17. 2026-10-07 06:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rfq-q292-hgch
  18. 2026-10-07 06:56 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8.8 · severity → HIGH
  19. 2026-10-06 15:19 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  20. 2026-10-06 09:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rfq-q292-hgch
  21. 2026-10-06 09:28 UTCNVD update
  22. 2026-10-06 08:54 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-06 08:52 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-98339?
CVE-2026-98339 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on October 6, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: don't filter by BSS type when removing stale entries When an assoc AP switches to a channel that already has a BSS entry, cfg80211updateassocbssentry() removes that entry before rehashing the real one, since the two…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-98339 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-98339 was published on October 6, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 7, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-98339 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-98339 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (19th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-98339?
CVE-2026-98339 has a CVSS base score of 8.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-98339?
A fix for CVE-2026-98339 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-98339 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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