CVE Catalog
CVE-2021-30004
MediumCVSS 5.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk1.67%
74th percentile - higher than 74% of all known CVEs
Summary
In wpa_supplicant and hostapd 2.9, forging attacks may occur because AlgorithmIdentifier parameters are mishandled in tls/pkcs1.c and tls/x509v3.c.
Risk Assessment
An attacker could forge certificates or authentication data, potentially compromising network communication integrity and enabling man-in-the-middle attacks.
Recommendation
Immediately update wpa_supplicant and hostapd to a patched version (e.g., 2.10 or later).
Original NVD description (English source)
In wpa_supplicant and hostapd 2.9, forging attacks may occur because AlgorithmIdentifier parameters are mishandled in tls/pkcs1.c and tls/x509v3.c.

