CVE intelligence
CVE-2026-98891
Vulnerability intelligence
Published Oct 23, 2026Sources checked Oct 23, 2026
N/ACVSS not listedScore unavailable
What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2026-98891. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
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CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSSUnavailableNo current score collected
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview
What is CVE-2026-98891?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: validate deauth frame length before reason access
ieee80211_rx_mgmt_deauth() reads the deauth reason code before checking that the fixed field is actually present in the received frame.
Validate the deauth frame length first and only then read the reason code.
Source: NVD