HIGH
wpa_supplicant: Reinstallation of the integrity group key in the 4-way handshake
Published Oct 17, 2017
8.1
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.12%
Description
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) that supports IEEE 802.11w allows reinstallation of the Integrity Group Temporal Key (IGTK) during the four-way handshake, allowing an attacker within radio range to spoof frames from access points to clients.
Affected products
-
- Version WPAStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version WPA2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wi-Fi Alliance | Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) | n/a |
|
Configuration 1
OR
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 17.04
- 8.0
- 9.0
- n/a
- 10
- 10.4
- 11
- 11.1
- 42.2
- 42.3
- 7
- 7
Configuration 2
OR
- 0.2.4
- 0.2.5
- 0.2.6
- 0.2.8
- 0.3.7
- 0.3.9
- 0.3.10
- 0.3.11
- 0.4.7
- 0.4.8
- 0.4.9
- 0.4.10
- 0.4.11
- 0.5.7
- 0.5.8
- 0.5.9
- 0.5.10
- 0.5.11
- 0.6.8
- 0.6.9
- 0.6.10
- 0.7.3
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 0.2.4
- 0.2.5
- 0.2.6
- 0.2.7
- 0.2.8
- 0.3.7
- 0.3.8
- 0.3.9
- 0.3.10
- 0.3.11
- 0.4.7
- 0.4.8
- 0.4.9
- 0.4.10
- 0.4.11
- 0.5.7
- 0.5.8
- 0.5.9
- 0.5.10
- 0.5.11
- 0.6.8
- 0.6.9
- 0.6.10
- 0.7.3
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 2.5
- 2.6
Configuration 3
OR
- 12
- 12
- 11
- 11
- 11
- 12
- 6
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wpa_supplicant
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wpa_supplicant
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
wpa_supplicant
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wpa_supplicant | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wpa_supplicant | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | wpa_supplicant | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of wpa_supplicant as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7, as CONFIG_IEEE80211W was not enabled.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
5.3 MEDIUM NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Adjacent
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
8.1 HIGH Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Adjacent
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
2.9 LOW NVD
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Adjacent
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.12% 0.02124
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02124
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.12% (0.02124) | 81.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.12% (0.02124) | 79.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.29% (0.00288) | 50.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00151) | 52.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 19, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00136) | 47.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 10, 2023 | 0.13% (0.00126) | 45.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.13% (0.00134) | 46.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 5.62% (0.05624) | 80.44th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 5.62% (0.05624) | 80.25th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 5.62% (0.05624) | 88.97th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 5.62% (0.05624) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (2)
References (31)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-10/msg00020.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-10/msg00023.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-10/msg00024.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-007.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3999 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/228519 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101274 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039573 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039576 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039577 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039578 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039581 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039585 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3455-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13079 Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/kracks x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1491694 Issue Tracking
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-901333.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2017-005 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00015.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13079
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:07.wpa.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-03 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-11-01 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03792en_us x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-17420 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171016-wpa vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOThird Party Advisory
- https://w1.fi/security/2017-1/wpa-packet-number-reuse-with-replayed-messages.txt x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13079
- https://www.krackattacks.com/ x_refsource_MISCTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner certcc
Published Oct 17, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Aug 22, 2017
Link CVE-2017-13079
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a