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openSUSE Leap 16.0 hostapd Important Missing Validation Vuln 2026-21360-1

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Calendar Grey July 16, 2026
Scroller Opensuse Esm H88
Fix important security issues in openSUSE Leap 16.0 with hostapd update addressing CVE-2026-58374 and bug fix details.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for hostapd fixes the following issues:

Changes in hostapd:

- CVE-2026-58374: Missing multi-link parsing validation in wpa_supplicant and hostapd (bsc#1269892)

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-packagehub-423=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory network security important hostapd OpenSUSE missing validation

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

hostapd-2.11-bp160.3.1

References

* bsc#1269892

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-58374.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:21360-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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Topics Covered

security advisory network security important hostapd OpenSUSE missing validation

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