title: The implementations of SAE in hostapd and wpa_supplicant are vulnerable to side-channel attacks
description: 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.
problem types: CWE-208 Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy
affected:
{
product: hostapd with SAE support
vendor: Wi-Fi Alliance
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 2.7, status: affected, version: 2.7, versionType: custom
}
{
product: wpa_supplicant with SAE support
vendor: Wi-Fi Alliance
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 2.7, status: affected, version: 2.7, versionType: custom
}
