CVE-2022-37660

eapoltest: In hostapd 2.10 and earlier, the PKEX code remains active even after asuccessful PKEX association

CVE-2022-37660 is fixed in 5 products on 1 platform, first by eapoltest 2:2.10-6ubuntu2.2, released February 11, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.5
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0038
31st percentile

In hostapd 2.10 and earlier, the PKEX code remains active even after asuccessful PKEX association. An attacker that successfully bootstrappedpublic keys with another entity using PKEX in the past, will be able tosubvert a future bootstrapping by passively observing public keys, re-usingthe encrypting element Qi and subtracting it from the captured message M (X= M - Qi). This will result in the public ephemeral key X; the only elementrequired to subvert the PKEX association.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
eapoltest · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:2.10-6ubuntu2.2 eapoltest 2:2.10-6ubuntu2.2 Feb 11, 2025
eapoltest · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2:2.10-21ubuntu0.2 eapoltest 2:2.10-21ubuntu0.2 Feb 11, 2025
eapoltest · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 2:2.10-22ubuntu0.1 eapoltest 2:2.10-22ubuntu0.1 Jan 16, 2026
hostapd · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:2.9-1ubuntu4.6 hostapd 2:2.9-1ubuntu4.6 Feb 11, 2025
hostapd · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:2.10-6ubuntu2.2 hostapd 2:2.10-6ubuntu2.2 Feb 11, 2025
hostapd · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2:2.10-21ubuntu0.2 hostapd 2:2.10-21ubuntu0.2 Feb 11, 2025
hostapd · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 2:2.10-22ubuntu0.1 hostapd 2:2.10-22ubuntu0.1 Jan 16, 2026
wpa · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 2:2.10-12+deb12u3 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37660 Feb 11, 2025
wpa · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 2:2.10-24 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37660 Feb 11, 2025
wpa · Debian 14 2:2.10-24 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37660 Feb 11, 2025
wpagui · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:2.9-1ubuntu4.6 wpagui 2:2.9-1ubuntu4.6 Feb 11, 2025
wpagui · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:2.10-6ubuntu2.2 wpagui 2:2.10-6ubuntu2.2 Feb 11, 2025
wpagui · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2:2.10-21ubuntu0.2 wpagui 2:2.10-21ubuntu0.2 Feb 11, 2025
wpagui · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 2:2.10-22ubuntu0.1 wpagui 2:2.10-22ubuntu0.1 Jan 16, 2026
wpasupplicant · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:2.9-1ubuntu4.6 wpasupplicant 2:2.9-1ubuntu4.6 Feb 11, 2025
wpasupplicant · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:2.10-6ubuntu2.2 wpasupplicant 2:2.10-6ubuntu2.2 Feb 11, 2025
wpasupplicant · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2:2.10-21ubuntu0.2 wpasupplicant 2:2.10-21ubuntu0.2 Feb 11, 2025
wpasupplicant · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 2:2.10-22ubuntu0.1 wpasupplicant 2:2.10-22ubuntu0.1 Jan 16, 2026

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