CVE-2023-52424
The IEEE 802.11 standard sometimes enables an adversary to trick a victim into connecting to an...
The IEEE 802.11 standard sometimes enables an adversary to trick a victim into connecting to an unintended or untrusted network with Home WEP, Home WPA3 SAE-loop. Enterprise 802.1X/EAP, Mesh AMPE, or FILS, aka an "SSID Confusion" issue. This occurs because the SSID is not always used to derive the pairwise master key or session keys, and because there is not a protected exchange of an SSID during a 4-way handshake.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.4
The IEEE 802.11 standard sometimes enables an adversary to trick a victim into connecting to an unintended or untrusted network with Home WEP, Home WPA3 SAE-loop. Enterprise 802.1X/EAP, Mesh AMPE, or FILS, aka an "SSID Confusion" issue. This occurs because the SSID is not always used to derive the pairwise master key or session keys, and because there is not a protected exchange of an SSID during a 4-way handshake.
- Record
CVE-2023-52424- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-304
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-57051
7.4
The IEEE 802.11 standard sometimes enables an adversary to trick a victim into connecting to an unintended or untrusted network with Home WEP, Home WPA3 SAE-loop. Enterprise 802.1X/EAP, Mesh AMPE, or FILS, aka an "SSID Confusion" issue. This occurs because the SSID is not always used to derive the pairwise master key or session keys, and because there is not a protected exchange of an SSID during a 4-way handshake.
- Record
EUVD-2023-57051- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mh3c-527f-cwqv
7.4
The IEEE 802.11 standard sometimes enables an adversary to trick a victim into connecting to an...
The IEEE 802.11 standard sometimes enables an adversary to trick a victim into connecting to an unintended or untrusted network with Home WEP, Home WPA3 SAE-loop. Enterprise 802.1X/EAP, Mesh AMPE, or FILS, aka an "SSID Confusion" issue. This occurs because the SSID is not always used to derive the pairwise master key or session keys, and because there is not a protected exchange of an SSID during a 4-way handshake.
- Record
GHSA-mh3c-527f-cwqv- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-304
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.4
The IEEE 802.11 standard sometimes enables an adversary to trick a victim into connecting to an unintended or untrusted network with Home WEP, Home WPA3 SAE-loop. Enterprise 802.1X/EAP, Mesh AMPE, or FILS, aka an "SSID Confusion" issue. This occurs because the SSID is not always used to derive the pairwise master key or session keys, and because there is not a protected exchange of an SSID during a 4-way handshake.
- Record
CVE-2023-52424- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-304
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52424
7.4
The IEEE 802.11 standard sometimes enables an adversary to trick a victim into connecting to an unintended or untrusted network with Home WEP, Home WPA3 SAE-loop. Enterprise 802.1X/EAP, Mesh AMPE, or FILS, aka an "SSID Confusion" issue. This occurs because the SSID is not always used to derive the pairwise master key or session keys, and because there is not a protected exchange of an SSID during a 4-way handshake.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52424- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2024-0322 No score
Updated hostapd & wpa_supplicant packages fix security vulnerability
The IEEE 802.11 standard sometimes enables an adversary to trick a victim into connecting to an unintended or untrusted network with Home WEP, Home WPA3 SAE-loop. Enterprise 802.1X/EAP, Mesh AMPE, or FILS, aka an "SSID Confusion" issue. This occurs because the SSID is not always used to derive the pairwise master key or session keys, and because there is not a protected exchange of an SSID during a 4-way handshake.
- Record
MGASA-2024-0322- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:14338-1 No score
wpa_supplicant-2.11-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the wpa_supplicant-2.11-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:14338-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:14890-1 No score
hostapd-2.11-2.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the hostapd-2.11-2.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:14890-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
hostapdMageia:9 |
before 2.11-1.mga9 | 2.11-1.mga9 |
wpa_supplicantMageia:9 |
before 2.11-1.mga9 | 2.11-1.mga9 |
wpa_supplicantopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 2.11-1.1 | 2.11-1.1 |
hostapdopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 2.11-2.1 | 2.11-2.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-52424 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) in Ieee 802.11 Wireless Protocol, published May 17, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.71%, the 53rd percentile. Fixed in hostapd 2.11-1.mga9.
References
wi-fi.org/news-events/press-releases
mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-0938-03-000m-protect-ssid-in-4-way-handshake.docx
top10vpn.com/research/wifi-vulnerability-ssid
top10vpn.com/assets/2024/05/Top10VPN-x-Vanhoef-SSID-Confusion.pdf
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52424
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mh3c-527f-cwqv
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advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0322.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33523
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4PKEEFWTY6U7SRJ2BKUDQNTDL6FYIP5X
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52424
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52424
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52424
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-24912