CVE-2019-9494
MEDIUM5.9EPSS 1.5%Published: 4/17/2019Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The implementations of SAE in hostapd and wpa_supplicant are vulnerable to side channel attacks as a result of observable timing differences and cache access patterns. An attacker may be able to gain leaked information from a side channel attack that can be used for full password recovery. Both hostapd with SAE support and wpa_supplicant with SAE support prior to and including version 2.7 are affected.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/wpa_supplicantfrom 0, < 2.7-r2
- Debian/wpafrom 0, < 2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |