CVE-2022-37660

In hostapd 2.10 and earlier, the PKEX code remains active even after a successful PKEX association

Medium · published February 11, 2025

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In hostapd 2.10 and earlier, the PKEX code remains active even after a successful PKEX association. An attacker that successfully bootstrapped public keys with another entity using PKEX in the past, will be able to subvert a future bootstrapping by passively observing public keys, re-using the encrypting element Qi and subtracting it from the captured message M (X = M - Qi). This will result in the public ephemeral key X; the only element required to subvert the PKEX association.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00378 · 30.5th percentile
Published
2025-02-11T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 FEB 00:00Z
    In hostapd 2.10 and earlier, the PKEX code remains active even after a successful PKEX association
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