Unauthorized network access via skipped EAPOL validation
Published Feb 22, 2024 · Updated Nov 4, 2025
Authentication bypass in Intel iNet Wireless Daemon before 2.14 allows attackers to gain access to protected Wi-Fi networks. In AP mode, eapol_auth_key_handle accepts an out-of-order Msg4/4 containing an all-zero key without first validating Msg2/4. The attacker must be within wireless reach of an IWD-hosted access point, and successful exploitation admits unauthorized network traffic.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in Intel iNet Wireless Daemon before 2.14 allows attackers to gain access to protected Wi-Fi networks. In AP mode, eapol_auth_key_handle accepts an out-of-order Msg4/4 containing an all-zero key without first validating Msg2/4. The attacker must be within wireless reach of an IWD-hosted access point, and successful exploitation admits unauthorized network traffic.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-52161
- Published
- Feb 22, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2025
- Vendor
- Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
- Product
- iNet Wireless Daemon (iwd)
- Classifications
- CWE-287
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 22, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.14
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