CVE-2018-14526 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting wpa_supplicant versions 2.0 through 2.6, present in various Canonical and Debian Linux distributions. It allows an attacker within range of an Access Point and client to perform a decryption oracle attack due to unchecked EAPOL-Key message integrity. This local attack, with low complexity and no user interaction, can lead to the recovery of sensitive information. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.0, <= 2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:wpa_supplicant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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