CVE-2019-9497

HIGH

hostapd & wpa_supplicant <SAE - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The implementations of EAP-PWD in hostapd EAP Server and wpa_supplicant EAP Peer do not validate the scalar and element values in EAP-pwd-Commit. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to complete EAP-PWD authentication without knowing the password. However, unless the crypto library does not implement additional checks for the EC point, the attacker will not be able to derive the session key or complete the key exchange. Both hostapd with SAE support and wpa_supplicant with SAE support prior to and including version 2.4 are affected. Both hostapd with EAP-pwd support and wpa_supplicant with EAP-pwd support prior to and including version 2.7 are affected.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://w1.fi/security/2019-4/
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_freebsd
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:03.wpa.asc
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/40
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00030.html

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0537
EPSS Percentile 91.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-287 CWE-301
Status published
Products (5)
fedoraproject/fedora 28
fedoraproject/fedora 29
fedoraproject/fedora 30
w1.fi/hostapd < 2.4
w1.fi/wpa_supplicant < 2.4
Published Apr 17, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026