Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP Improper Input Validation (CVE-2026-23444)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 506427

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211: always free skb on ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() failure

ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() has three error paths, but only two of them free the skb. The first error path (ieee80211_tx_prepare() returning TX_DROP) does not free it, while invoke_tx_handlers() failure and the fragmentation check both do.

Add kfree_skb() to the first error path so all three are consistent, and remove the now-redundant frees in callers (ath9k, mt76, mac80211_hwsim) to avoid double-free.

Document the skb ownership guarantee in the function's kdoc.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 506427

File Name: tenable_ot_siemens_CVE-2026-23444.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 10/20/2026

Updated: 10/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_tm_mfp

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23444

CWE: 20