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CVE-2019-9494

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-9494 describes a side-channel vulnerability in the SAE implementations of hostapd and wpa_supplicant, affecting versions up to and including 2.7. This flaw allows an attacker to exploit timing differences and cache access patterns to potentially recover full Wi-Fi passwords. With a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), the vulnerability has a network attack vector and high confidentiality impact, but requires high attack complexity. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, it has received some community and media attention, including a SecurityWeek article on "Dragonblood" flaws, though no public exploit code or active exploitation is reported.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:hostapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:wpa_supplicant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0388 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-9494Moderate

wpa_supplicant: SAE Timing-based and Cache-based side-channel attack against WPA3's Dragonfly handshake

Apr 10, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00021.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/152914/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-03.wpa.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/56OBBOJJSKRTDGEXZOVFSTP4HDSDBLAE
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVMJOFEYBGXZLFF5IOLW67SSOPKFEJP3
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDOZGR3T7FVO5JSZWK2QPR7AOFIEJTIZ
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/May/40
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.freebsd.org / advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:03.wpa.asc
Third Party Advisory
w1.fi / security/2019-1
PatchVendor Advisory
synology.com / security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_16
Third Party Advisory