CVE-2020-17497

HIGH 8.1CVE-2020-17497 · Published 12/08/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-17497 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability affecting inet wireless daemon (intel).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.69%, higher than 52.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
inet wireless daemon intel	`≤ 1.8`	No fix yet

eapol.c in iNet wireless daemon (IWD) through 1.8 allows attackers to trigger a PTK reinstallation by retransmitting EAPOL Msg4/4.

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