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CVE-2019-5062

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-12-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-440

Description

An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the 802.11w security state handling for hostapd 2.6 connected clients with valid 802.11w sessions. By simulating an incomplete new association, an attacker can trigger a deauthentication against stations using 802.11w, resulting in a denial of service.

Affected products

• w1.fi hostapd: 2.6

References

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0850
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0850

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