Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 8, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-14526
CVE-2018-14526
Description
An issue was discovered in rsn_supp/wpa.c in wpa_supplicant 2.0 through 2.6. Under certain conditions, the integrity of EAPOL-Key messages is not checked, leading to a decryption oracle. An attacker within range of the Access Point and client can abuse the vulnerability to recover sensitive information.
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Affected products
34- osv-coords34 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/hostapd&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/wpa_supplicant&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/wpa_supplicant&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/wpa_supplicant&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 2.9-6.2+ 33 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-lp151.5.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-lp152.8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-13.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-15.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-15.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-15.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-4.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-4.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-4.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-4.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-4.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-15.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-15.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-15.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-15.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-15.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-23.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-15.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-4.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-15.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-15.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-15.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-23.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-4.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-15.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:11.hostapd.ascnvdMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
- w1.fi/security/2018-1/unauthenticated-eapol-key-decryption.txtnvdMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1041438nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00009.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- papers.mathyvanhoef.com/woot2018.pdfnvdTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3745-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00013.htmlnvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3107nvd
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-344983.pdfnvd
- www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-19-344-01nvd
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