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/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_16
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/56OBBOJJSKRTDGEXZOVFSTP4HDSDBLAE/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDOZGR3T7FVO5JSZWK2QPR7AOFIEJTIZ/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVMJOFEYBGXZLFF5IOLW67SSOPKFEJP3/
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
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152914/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-03.wpa.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00030.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00021.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