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CVE-2026-97518VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Microsoft · wifi: cfg80211: reject duplicate wiphy cipher suite entries

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-97518· Medium

Not known to be exploited · fixed in d12e92e72db914e1ea777c6f246f6be75985438e : update Microsoft when convenient.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 12:19 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
Patch
Available – fixed in d12e92e72db914e1ea777c6f246f6be75985438e, 7187d145d9042b037e4f10538f70cf95e380219f, 1305f8b925fe92edf5fec183588dfc7db719180b +2

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 24 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 7 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 2ab658f9ce218ae93b3d2db2b3fe68bfefb81196, < d12e92e72db914e1ea777c6f246f6be75985438e
Fixed in
  • d12e92e72db914e1ea777c6f246f6be75985438e
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 2ab658f9ce218ae93b3d2db2b3fe68bfefb81196, < 7187d145d9042b037e4f10538f70cf95e380219f
Fixed in
  • 7187d145d9042b037e4f10538f70cf95e380219f
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 2ab658f9ce218ae93b3d2db2b3fe68bfefb81196, < 1305f8b925fe92edf5fec183588dfc7db719180b
Fixed in
  • 1305f8b925fe92edf5fec183588dfc7db719180b
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 2ab658f9ce218ae93b3d2db2b3fe68bfefb81196, < 539d7f795bf0c41fb533c99e6010cdfaf5a1b6a6
Fixed in
  • 539d7f795bf0c41fb533c99e6010cdfaf5a1b6a6
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 2ab658f9ce218ae93b3d2db2b3fe68bfefb81196, < 4cbb2360f4d8c29e67bc7a8bf6ba0ae096583923
Fixed in
  • 4cbb2360f4d8c29e67bc7a8bf6ba0ae096583923
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • =2.6.32
Fixed in–

Description

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