CVE-2026-20436: In wlan STA driver, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious…

PriorityP432medium6.7CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRHUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.12%

2.4th percentile

In wlan STA driver, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: WCNCR00473802; Issue ID: MSV-5970.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
mediatek	nbiot_sdk	<= 3.8	—
mediatek_inc	mediatek_chipset	—	—
mediatek_inc	mediatek_chipset	—	—
mediatek_inc	mediatek_chipset	—	—
mediatek_inc	mediatek_chipset	—	—
mediatek_inc	mediatek_chipset	—	—
mediatek_inc	mediatek_chipset	—	—
mediatek_inc	mediatek_chipset	—	—

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