Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-46163

HighUpdated

Published: 28 May 2026

Published
28 May 2026
Modified
10 June 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0014 3.5th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-46163 is a high-severity Improper Validation of Array Index (CWE-129) vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 3.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: b43legacy: enforce bounds check on firmware key index in RX path Same fix as b43: the firmware-controlled key index in b43legacy_rx() can exceed dev->max_nr_keys. The existing B43legacy_WARN_ON is non-enforcing…

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in production builds, allowing an out-of-bounds read of dev->key[]. Make the check enforcing by dropping the frame for invalid indices.

CWE(s)
CWE-129

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials.
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Why these techniques?

OOB read on firmware key array in kernel driver enables kernel exploitation for privilege escalation (T1068) and potential credential/key disclosure (T1212).

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

Affected Assets

linux
linux kernel
7.1 · 2.6.24 — 5.10.258 · 5.11 — 5.15.209 · 5.16 — 6.1.175

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

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