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CVE-2026-74409

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Aug 15, 2026Sources checked Oct 8, 2026
8.8HIGHCVSS out of 10
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CVE-2026-74409 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 8.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.4%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview

What is CVE-2026-74409?

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

wifi: rtw89: add bounds check on firmware mac_id in link lookup

The mac_id field in RX descriptors is 8 bits wide (0-255), but assoc_link_on_macid[] has only RTW89_MAX_MAC_ID_NUM (128) entries. While the driver currently assigns mac_id values below 128, the descriptor value comes from firmware and is not validated before use as an array index.

Add a defensive bounds check in rtw89_assoc_link_rcu_dereference() to guard against out-of-range firmware values.

Source: NVD