CVE-2018-14526
An issue was discovered in rsn_supp/wpa.c in wpa_supplicant 2.0 through 2.6. Under certain conditions, the integrity of EAPOL-Key messages is not checked, leading to a decryption oracle. An attacker
02 Description
An issue was discovered in rsn_supp/wpa.c in wpa_supplicant 2.0 through 2.6. Under certain conditions, the integrity of EAPOL-Key messages is not checked, leading to a decryption oracle. An attacker
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 73.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-08-08 19:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 09:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-07-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a47407eebed8d675f500c79da3f6cf59b0957ef125d31e9edc975980b5b05700
05 Affected products
06 References
- papers.mathyvanhoef.comhttps://papers.mathyvanhoef.com/woot2018.pdf
- www.securitytracker.com1041438http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041438
- w1.fihttps://w1.fi/security/2018-1/unauthenticated-eapol-key-decryption.txt
- security.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-18:11https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:11.hostapd.asc
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3107https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3107
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180809 [SECURITY] [DLA 1462-1] wpa security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00009.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3745-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3745-1/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1345http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00013.html
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-344983.pdf
- www.us-cert.govhttps://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-19-344-01
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- wpa_supplicant Fixed in 1:2.6-12
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- wpa Fixed in 2:2.6-18
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wpa Fixed in 2:2.6-18
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wpa Fixed in 2:2.6-18
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- wpa Fixed in 2.1-0ubuntu1.6
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- wpa Fixed in 2.4-0ubuntu6.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- wpa Fixed in 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.