CVE-2019-9499 is a critical vulnerability affecting the EAP-PWD implementations in wpa_supplicant and hostapd versions up to 2.7, and SAE support in versions up to 2.4, when built against crypto libraries lacking explicit validation. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication and gain full control over the data connection by manipulating scalar and element values in EAP-pwd-Commit. Rated 8.1 HIGH on the CVSS scale, this vulnerability carries a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:hostapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.5, <= 2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:hostapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:wpa_supplicant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.5, <= 2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:wpa_supplicant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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