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CVE-2020-12638

PoC —
CVSS 3.1
6.8 medium
EPSS
<1%p39
Published
()
Modified
Description

An encryption-bypass issue was discovered on Espressif ESP-IDF devices through 4.2, ESP8266_NONOS_SDK devices through 3.0.3, and ESP8266_RTOS_SDK devices through 3.3. Broadcasting forged beacon frames forces a device to change its authentication mode to OPEN, effectively disabling its 802.11 encryption.

Vendors
espressif
Products
esp-idf, esp8266 nonos sdk, esp8266 rtos sdk
Weakness
CWE-287, CWE-319
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.5%)

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