CVE-2020-26147

medium
Published 2021-11-09 · Modified 2021-11-12
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 5.8.9. The WEP, WPA, WPA2, and WPA3 implementations reassemble fragments even though some of them were sent in plaintext. This vulnerability can be abused to inject packets and/or exfiltrate selected fragments when another device sends fragmented frames and the WEP, CCMP, or GCMP data-confidentiality protocol is used.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-4356.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-26147

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26147.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed5.12.9.hardened1-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.10.46-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.46-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.10.46-1
debian debiansidfixed5.10.46-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.10.46-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.