Hostapd
Vendor:
First CVE: Jun 21, 2012 · Active for 14 years
41
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 98% of tracked products
3.7
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 85% of tracked products
6.2
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 28% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Hostapd over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Jun 21, 2012
14 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jun 30, 2026
27 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Hostapd41 CVEs
63%
24%
All CVEs352,785 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
LowMediumHighCritical
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network17 (41.5%)
Unknown10 (24.4%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network14 (34.1%)
Attack Complexity
Low13 (31.7%)
High18 (43.9%)
Unknown10 (24.4%)
User Interaction
None31 (75.6%)
Unknown10 (24.4%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None31 (75.6%)
Unknown10 (24.4%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (41 CVEs).
41 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2022-23303CRITICAL The implementations of SAE in hostapd before 2.10 and wpa_supplicant before 2.10 are vulnerable to side channel attacks as a result of cache access patterns. NOTE: this issue exist | Jan 17, 2022 | 9.8 | 36 | NO | NO |
CVE-2022-23304CRITICAL The implementations of EAP-pwd in hostapd before 2.10 and wpa_supplicant before 2.10 are vulnerable to side-channel attacks as a result of cache access patterns. NOTE: this issue e | Jan 17, 2022 | 9.8 | 34 | NO | NO |
CVE-2026-58374HIGH In hostapd before 2.12, a missing bounds check in AP-mode Wi-Fi 7 (IEEE 802.11be) Multi-Link Operation (MLO) association request processing allows an unauthenticated attacker withi | Jun 30, 2026 | 7.1 | 32 | NO | NO |
CVE-2020-12695HIGH The Open Connectivity Foundation UPnP specification before 2020-04-17 does not forbid the acceptance of a subscription request with a delivery URL on a different network segment th | Jun 8, 2020 | 7.5 | 28 | NO | NO |
CVE-2017-13082HIGH Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) that supports IEEE 802.11r allows reinstallation of the Pairwise Transient Key (PTK) Temporal Key (TK) during the fast BSS transmission (FT) h | Oct 17, 2017 | 8.1 | 28 | NO | NO |
CVE-2019-10064HIGH hostapd before 2.6, in EAP mode, makes calls to the rand() and random() standard library functions without any preceding srand() or srandom() call, which results in inappropriate u | Feb 28, 2020 | 7.5 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2016-10743HIGH hostapd before 2.6 does not prevent use of the low-quality PRNG that is reached by an os_random() function call. | Mar 23, 2019 | 7.5 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2016-4476HIGH hostapd 0.6.7 through 2.5 and wpa_supplicant 0.6.7 through 2.5 do not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servi | May 9, 2016 | 7.5 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2017-13086MEDIUM Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) allows reinstallation of the Tunneled Direct-Link Setup (TDLS) Peer Key (TPK) during the TDLS handshake, allowing an attacker within radio ran | Oct 17, 2017 | 6.8 | 24 | NO | NO |
CVE-2017-13084MEDIUM Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) allows reinstallation of the Station-To-Station-Link (STSL) Transient Key (STK) during the PeerKey handshake, allowing an attacker within radi | Oct 17, 2017 | 6.8 | 24 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (41 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (41 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (41 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Hostapd
Top CWEs
Versions
| Version | CVE Count | Avg CVSS | Avg EPSS | KEV | Exploits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 1 | 5.3 | 1.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 12 | 6.1 | 2.1% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 10 | 6.0 | 2.3% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 16 | 5.6 | 2.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 16 | 5.6 | 2.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 17 | 5.6 | 2.9% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 17 | 5.6 | 2.9% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.0 | 17 | 5.6 | 2.9% | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 17 | 5.6 | 2.9% | 0 | 0 |
| 1.0 | 18 | 5.6 | 3.0% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7.3 | 14 | 5.4 | 2.5% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7.2 | 4 | 4.9 | 4.1% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7.1 | 3 | 4.3 | 3.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7.0 | 3 | 4.3 | 3.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.6.9 | 10 | 6.0 | 2.3% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.6.8 | 10 | 6.0 | 2.3% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.6.7 | 1 | 4.3 | 4.2% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.6.6 | 1 | 4.3 | 4.2% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.6.5 | 1 | 4.3 | 4.2% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.6.4 | 1 | 4.3 | 4.2% | 0 | 0 |