CVE-2017-13079
wpa_supplicant: Reinstallation of the integrity group key in the 4-way handshake
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · October 16, 2017
Updated · May 13, 2026
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.
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE-323 · Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption