{"cve":"CVE-2026-97517","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-24T17:17:29.670","modified":"2026-10-03T11:18:00.950","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation\n\nThe HE operation element not only needs to be longer than\nthe fixed part, but also have an appropriate size for the\nvariable part inside of it. Check this.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e24f72985782013bf2feb0f0712b2ac9390e909","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fe5eb7b68d76b3801409ada7365c67696e7af84"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:56:02.509636177+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-97517","score":0.00156,"percentile":0.04731,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}