6.5

CVE-2023-52160: debian debian_linux Improper Authentication

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2023-52160MGASA-2024-0053SUSE-SU-2024:0764-1
Published 22-02-2024Last modified 04-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-52160 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Authentication vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.18%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 22-02-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The implementation of PEAP in wpa_supplicant through 2.10 allows authentication bypass. For a successful attack, wpa_supplicant must be configured to not verify the network's TLS certificate during Phase 1 authentication, and an eap_peap_decrypt vulnerability can then be abused to skip Phase 2 authentication. The attack vector is sending an EAP-TLV Success packet instead of starting Phase 2. This allows an adversary to impersonate Enterprise Wi-Fi networks.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

67%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.18% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.18%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse23 products
  • wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 2.9-150000.4.39.1
  • wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS< 2.9-150000.4.39.1
  • wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 2.9-150000.4.39.1
  • wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS< 2.9-150000.4.39.1
  • wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS< 2.9-150000.4.39.1
Opensuse5 products
  • wpa_supplicant&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 2.10-150500.3.3.1
  • wpa_supplicant&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 2.10-150600.7.3.1
  • wpa_supplicant&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3< 2.9-150000.4.39.1
  • wpa_supplicant&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4< 2.9-150000.4.39.1
  • wpa_supplicant&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 2.10-6.1
Redhat4 products
  • enterprise_linux8.0 | 9.0
  • wpa_supplicant< 1:2.10-5.el9
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo< 1:2.10-5.el9
  • wpa_supplicant-debugsource< 1:2.10-5.el9
Debian2 products
  • wpa< 2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u4 | < 2:2.10-12+deb12u1 | < 2:2.10-21.1
  • debian_linuxEOL10.0
Alpine1 product
  • wpa_supplicant< 2.10-r10 | < 2.10-r11
Fedoraproject1 product
Mageia1 product
  • wpa_supplicant< 2.10-3.1.mga9
Ubuntu1 product
  • wpaAll versions (No fix recorded)
W1.fi1 product

9 vendors · 39 products

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