CVE-2019-9496

An invalid authentication sequence could result in the hostapd process terminating due to missing state validation steps

Published Apr 17, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 4.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
An invalid authentication sequence could result in the hostapd process terminating due to missing state validation steps when processing the SAE confirm message when in hostapd/AP mode. All version of hostapd with SAE support are vulnerable. An attacker may force the hostapd process to terminate, performing a denial of service attack. Both hostapd with SAE support and wpa_supplicant with SAE support prior to and including version 2.7 are affected.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-18870 An invalid authentication sequence could result in the hostapd process terminating due to missing state validation steps when processing the SAE confirm message when in hostapd/AP mode. All version of hostapd with SAE support are vulnerable. An attacker may force the hostapd process to terminate, performing a denial of service attack. Both hostapd with SAE support and wpa_supplicant with SAE support prior to and including version 2.7 are affected.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
certcc
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 9:54 PM
Reserved
Mar 1, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 17, 2019, 2:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:43 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 10, 2019, 12:00 AM