CVE-2023-52161

high

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.

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https://www.top10vpn.com/research/wifi-vulnerabilities/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZZTPXEPTMASG37NDGAQMH2OTM6OPIP5A/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TL2CFNWBL2E6AT2SIY2PR3IAWVCDYJZQ/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FOQ6VEE3CPJAQLMMGMLCYDGWHVG7UCJI/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AYRPQ3OLV3GGLUCDYWBHU34DLBLM62XJ/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KSGT4IZ23CJBOQA3AFYEMBJ5OHFZBMK/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZZTPXEPTMASG37NDGAQMH2OTM6OPIP5A/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TL2CFNWBL2E6AT2SIY2PR3IAWVCDYJZQ/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FOQ6VEE3CPJAQLMMGMLCYDGWHVG7UCJI/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4KSGT4IZ23CJBOQA3AFYEMBJ5OHFZBMK/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00008.html

https://iwd.wiki.kernel.org/

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/wireless/iwd.git/commit/?id=6415420f1c92012f64063c131480ffcef58e60ca

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-02-22

Updated: 2025-11-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00444