CVE-2022-23304

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: January 17, 2022 Modified: November 03, 2025

Description

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 exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-9495.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YPDHU5MV464CZBPX7N2SNMUYP6DFIBZL/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-16

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://w1.fi/security/2022-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00019.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YPDHU5MV464CZBPX7N2SNMUYP6DFIBZL/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-16

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://w1.fi/security/2022-1/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory

7 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

9.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.1%

18th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-203

Affected Vendors

fedoraproject w1.fi

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