wpa_supplicant/hostapd up to 2.9 SAE information exposure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in wpa_supplicant and hostapd up to 2.9. Affected is an unknown function of the component SAE. The manipulation results in information exposure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-23303. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in wpa_supplicant and hostapd up to 2.9. Affected is an unknown function of the component SAE. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information exposure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-203. The product behaves differently or sends different responses under different circumstances in a way that is observable to an unauthorized actor, which exposes security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.

The weakness was released 01/17/2022. The advisory is shared for download at w1.fi. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-23303 since 01/17/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 218383 (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerabilities (USN-7317-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 2.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (218383) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-28388). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 2.6
VulDB Temp Score: 2.5
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information exposure
CWE: CWE-203 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 218383
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerabilities (USN-7317-1)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: wpa_supplicant/hostapd 2.10

Timelineinfo

01/17/2022 🔍
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01/17/2022 +0 days 🔍
04/30/2026 +1564 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: w1.fi
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-23303 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-23303
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-190596
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/17/2022 07:25
Updated: 04/30/2026 02:27
Changes: 01/17/2022 07:25 (38), 01/19/2022 16:41 (1), 03/04/2025 14:23 (16), 11/04/2025 10:50 (13), 11/04/2025 10:51 (16), 04/30/2026 02:27 (1)
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