CVE-2023-52161

HIGH 7.5CVE-2023-52161 · Published 22/02/2024 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-52161 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting inet wireless daemon (intel).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 65.7% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.14 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
inet wireless daemon intel	`< 2.14`	`2.14`

Description

The Access Point functionality in eapol_auth_key_handle in eapol.c in iNet wireless daemon (IWD) before 2.14 allows attackers to gain unauthorized access to a protected Wi-Fi network. An attacker can complete the EAPOL handshake by skipping Msg2/4 and instead sending Msg4/4 with an all-zero key.

References

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/wireless/iwd.git/commit · Patch
iwd.wiki.kernel.org · Product
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KSGT4IZ23CJBOQA3AFYEMBJ5OHFZBMK
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AYRPQ3OLV3GGLUCDYWBHU34DLBLM62XJ
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FOQ6VEE3CPJAQLMMGMLCYDGWHVG7UCJI
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TL2CFNWBL2E6AT2SIY2PR3IAWVCDYJZQ
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZZTPXEPTMASG37NDGAQMH2OTM6OPIP5A
top10vpn.com/research/wifi-vulnerabilities

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