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    "id": "CVE-2023-53540",
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    "idYear": 2023,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
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      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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      "title": "wifi: cfg80211: reject auth/assoc to AP with our address",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: cfg80211: reject auth/assoc to AP with our address\n\nIf the AP uses our own address as its MLD address or BSSID, then\nclearly something's wrong. Reject such connections so we don't\ntry and fail later.",
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