CVE-2023-52161
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Feb 22, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2025
- Reserved
- Dec 29, 2023
Description
The Access Point functionality in eapol_auth_key_handle in eapol.c in iNet wireless daemon (IWD) before 2.14 allows attackers to gain unauthorized access to a protected Wi-Fi network. An attacker can complete the EAPOL handshake by skipping Msg2/4 and instead sending Msg4/4 with an all-zero key.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://iwd.wiki.kernel.org/
- https://www.top10vpn.com/research/wifi-vulnerabilities/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/wireless/iwd.git/commit/?id=6415420f1c92012f64063c131480ffcef58e60ca
- FEDORA-2024-fdce971b84vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2024-38faa9a2a8vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2024-4ef5edfb2avendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2024-58c59bfa4cvendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2024-3fa713f2e0vendor-advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FOQ6VEE3CPJAQLMMGMLCYDGWHVG7UCJI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KSGT4IZ23CJBOQA3AFYEMBJ5OHFZBMK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZZTPXEPTMASG37NDGAQMH2OTM6OPIP5A/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00008.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TL2CFNWBL2E6AT2SIY2PR3IAWVCDYJZQ/
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