🛡️ CVE-2026-24079 — ar8035-firmware

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached from an adjacent network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

• Attack vector: Adjacent network — the attacker has to sit on the same local or logical network.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-24079 is classified as CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function. A sensitive function can be reached without authenticating at all.

Affected software

CVE-2026-24079 is recorded against 143 packages.

• ar8035-firmware
• csra6620-firmware
• csra6640-firmware
• fastconnect-6200-firmware
• fastconnect-6700-firmware
• fastconnect-6800-firmware
• fastconnect-6900-firmware
• fastconnect-7800-firmware
• fsm200-platform-firmware
• fsm20055-firmware
• fwa-gen-3-ultra-firmware
• g1-gen-1-firmware
• milos-firmware
• netrani-firmware
• orne-firmware
• palawan25-firmware
• qca6174a-firmware
• qca6391-firmware
• qca6574au-firmware
• qca6584au-firmware
• qca6595au-firmware
• qca6678aq-firmware
• qca6688aq-firmware
• qca6696-firmware

Timeline and source

Published on 4 August 2026 and last revised on 6 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

docs.qualcomm.com

Other advisories for this package

ar8035-firmware has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-24084 (7.5 High, published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-24078 (6.5 Medium, published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-24077 (6.5 Medium, published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-25292 (7.6 High, published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-25289 (9.6 Critical, published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-25268 (8.8 High, published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-24092 (7.2 High, published 1 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2025-59609 (5.5 Medium, published 1 Jun 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function) in other software:

• CVE-2025-15681 (published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-15581 (8.0 High, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-18941 (7.7 High, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2025-71409 (7.1 High, published 7 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-17348 (6.5 Medium, published 31 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-12722 (8.2 High, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-16527 (7.3 High, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-12562 (8.8 High, published 30 Jul 2026)

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