CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-30004

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.67%

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS