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CVE-2016-10743

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-332

Description

hostapd before 2.6 does not prevent use of the low-quality PRNG that is reached by an os_random() function call.

Affected products

• w1.fi hostapd: before 2.6 — fixed in 2.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: w1.fi hostapd 2.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156573/Hostapd-Insufficient-Entropy.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/26
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/2
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00035.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3944-1/
• https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156573/Hostapd-Insufficient-Entropy.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/26
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/2
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00035.html

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