Medium severity · published Feb 22, 2024
CVE-2023-52160
The implementation of PEAP in wpa_supplicant through 2.10 allows authentication bypass
6.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The implementation of PEAP in wpa_supplicant through 2.10 allows authentication bypass. For a successful attack, wpa_supplicant must be configured to not verify the network's TLS certificate during Phase 1 authentication, and an eap_peap_decrypt vulnerability can then be abused to skip Phase 2 authentication. The attack vector is sending an EAP-TLV Success packet instead of starting Phase 2. This allows an adversary to impersonate Enterprise Wi-Fi networks.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
38; 39 · source: NVD
WS
Wpa Supplicant · W1.fi
through 2.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52160
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52160
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00013.html
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N46C4DTVUWK336OYDA4LGALSC5VVPTCC/
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QU6IR4KV3ZXJZLK2BY7HAHGZNCP7FPNI/
Patch
https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=8e6485a1bcb0baffdea9e55255a81270b768439c
Third Party Advisory
https://www.top10vpn.com/research/wifi-vulnerabilities/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N46C4DTVUWK336OYDA4LGALSC5VVPTCC/
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