CVE-2020-12638

Published Jul 23, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An encryption-bypass issue was discovered on Espressif ESP-IDF devices through 4.2, ESP8266_NONOS_SDK devices through 3.0.3, and ESP8266_RTOS_SDK devices through 3.3. Broadcasting forged beacon frames forces a device to change its authentication mode to OPEN, effectively disabling its 802.11 encryption.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-4939 An encryption-bypass issue was discovered on Espressif ESP-IDF devices through 4.2, ESP8266_NONOS_SDK devices through 3.0.3, and ESP8266_RTOS_SDK devices through 3.3. Broadcasting forged beacon frames forces a device to change its authentication mode to OPEN, effectively disabling its 802.11 encryption.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 12:04 PM
Reserved
May 4, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 23, 2020, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:52 AM