CVE•Published 2025-02-11•Modified 2026-07-14•0 articles on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2022-37660W1.fi · Hostapd
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS percentile
27
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 73% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
In hostapd 2.10 and earlier, the PKEX code remains active even after a successful PKEX association. An attacker that successfully bootstrapped public keys with another entity using PKEX in the past, will be able to subvert a future bootstrapping by passively observing public keys, re-using the encrypting element Qi and subtracting it from the captured message M (X = M - Qi). This will result in the public ephemeral key X; the only element required to subvert the PKEX association.
Timeline
Published 2025-02-11
Modified 2026-07-14
External references
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Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2022-37660Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"W1.fi Hostapd"All exposed W1.fi Hostapd instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Hostapd"HTTP body or banner mentions "Hostapd" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2022-37660Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2022-37660Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
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CVE-2022-37660Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
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Google dork
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Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2022-37660 on GitHub.
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