Vulnerability · Published May 17, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-52424
High 7.4
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the wpa package (Ubuntu). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The IEEE 802.11 standard sometimes enables an adversary to trick a victim into connecting to an unintended or untrusted network with Home WEP, Home WPA3 SAE-loop. Enterprise 802.1X/EAP, Mesh AMPE, or FILS, aka an "SSID Confusion" issue. This occurs because the SSID is not always used to derive the pairwise master key or session keys, and because there is not a protected exchange of an SSID during a 4-way handshake.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | wpa | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52424 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | wpa | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52424 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | wpa | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52424 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | wpa | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52424 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-304 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H