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CVE-2026-98705VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Microsoft · wifi: mac80211: account proxy paths against the mesh path limit

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-98705· Medium

Not known to be exploited · fixed in df072db65fdaa34ad15e1d66fc06a53e3e97f778 : 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 df072db65fdaa34ad15e1d66fc06a53e3e97f778, c66ab4b94bb04c162485759196555e08c0965320, bfd447ee32f727e535e317aa5a8447488f943803 +5

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 18 Oct 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
  • ≥ ece1a2e7e86078c8379937b546e32cb7f25fcb6c, < df072db65fdaa34ad15e1d66fc06a53e3e97f778
Fixed in
  • df072db65fdaa34ad15e1d66fc06a53e3e97f778
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ ece1a2e7e86078c8379937b546e32cb7f25fcb6c, < c66ab4b94bb04c162485759196555e08c0965320
Fixed in
  • c66ab4b94bb04c162485759196555e08c0965320
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ ece1a2e7e86078c8379937b546e32cb7f25fcb6c, < bfd447ee32f727e535e317aa5a8447488f943803
Fixed in
  • bfd447ee32f727e535e317aa5a8447488f943803
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ ece1a2e7e86078c8379937b546e32cb7f25fcb6c, < a5f35d4b112af1415ff06bd501c8cc26cc08aa8b
Fixed in
  • a5f35d4b112af1415ff06bd501c8cc26cc08aa8b
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ ece1a2e7e86078c8379937b546e32cb7f25fcb6c, < 7f83dab0045f756a82a15ac751165aefa03bed11
Fixed in
  • 7f83dab0045f756a82a15ac751165aefa03bed11
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ ece1a2e7e86078c8379937b546e32cb7f25fcb6c, < 5a32409ed34a1868830899a5d2437f0b3bf3532c
Fixed in
  • 5a32409ed34a1868830899a5d2437f0b3bf3532c

Description

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