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CVE-2023-52161The Access Point functionality in eapol_auth_key_handle in eapol.c in iNet wireless daemon (IWD) before 2.14 allows attackers to gain…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 1.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 34% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 55 days later
· 55 days later
Published
- 21 months later
· 21 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References13
- https://iwd.wiki.kernel.org/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.top10vpn.com/research/wifi-vulnerabilities/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/wireless/iwd.git/commit/?id=6415420f1c92012f64063c131480ffcef58e60ca (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FEDORA-2024-fdce971b84 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2024-38faa9a2a8 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2024-4ef5edfb2a (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2024-58c59bfa4c (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2024-3fa713f2e0 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FOQ6VEE3CPJAQLMMGMLCYDGWHVG7UCJI/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4KSGT4IZ23CJBOQA3AFYEMBJ5OHFZBMK/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZZTPXEPTMASG37NDGAQMH2OTM6OPIP5A/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00008.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TL2CFNWBL2E6AT2SIY2PR3IAWVCDYJZQ/ (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-56834 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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