An issue in wpa_supplicant all versions before v.2.12 allows a local attacker to bypass proper network context and AKMP matching for PMKSA caching via missing validation in the driver based PMKSA selection path in wpa.c

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4590-1 advisory.

    This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issue:

    - CVE-2026-78807: missing validation in driver-based PMKSA selection within wpa_supplicant can allow local     security       bypasses (bsc#1280914).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4588-1 advisory.

    This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issue:

    - CVE-2026-78807: missing validation in driver-based PMKSA selection within wpa_supplicant can allow local     security       bypasses (bsc#1280914).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4587-1 advisory.

    This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issue:

    - CVE-2026-78807: missing validation in driver-based PMKSA selection within wpa_supplicant can allow local     security bypasses (bsc#1280914).
    - Fixed incomplete RADIUS Message-Authenticator attribute validation in hostapd

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:22022-1 advisory.

    Security issues fixed:

    - CVE-2026-78807: missing validation in driver-based PMKSA selection within wpa_supplicant can allow local     security       bypasses (bsc#1280914).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4494-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2026-78807: Security bypass via missing PMKSA validation (bsc#1280914).
    - Fixed incomplete RADIUS Message-Authenticator attribute validation in hostapd

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4492-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2026-78807: missing validation in driver-based PMKSA selection within wpa_supplicant can allow local     security       bypasses (bsc#1280914).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An issue in wpa_supplicant all versions before v.2.12 allows a local attacker to bypass proper network     context and AKMP matching for PMKSA caching via missing validation in the driver based PMKSA selection     path in wpa.c (CVE-2026-78807)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
369275	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2026:4590-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
369264	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2026:4588-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
364326	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2026:4587-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
364110	openSUSE 16 Security Update : wpa_supplicant (openSUSE-SU-2026:22022-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
363093	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2026:4494-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
363074	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2026:4492-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
344905	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-78807	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high

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