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.

Related CVEs

CVE-2019-9494

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-cvqc-p7v4-m9pm

Published

May 13, 2022 1:05 AM

Last Modified

May 13, 2022 1:05 AM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: September 29, 2025 6:31 AM

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