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CVE-2023-52160

Published: Feb 22, 2024Updated: Nov 4, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-287
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.2%
Top 36.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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 Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected Products

debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linuxredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
wpa supplicantw1.fi
EmbeddedLibrary
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
n/an/a
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
w1.fioss-projectNetworking Infrastructureaka hostapd, wpa_supplicant, wpa supplicant
and 8 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
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References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00013.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N46C4DTVUWK336OYDA4LGALSC5VVPTCC/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QU6IR4KV3ZXJZLK2BY7HAHGZNCP7FPNI/
lists.fedoraproject.org
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Timeline

Published
Feb 22, 2024
Last Updated
Nov 4, 2025

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