Published Jun 25, 2026Sources checked Nov 12, 2026
7.1HIGHCVSS out of 10
What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2026-53179 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.1. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
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Vendor revision: Nov 5, 2026
Release Notes
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview
What is CVE-2026-53179?
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.