CVE-2012-2389: w1.fi Hostapd

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

hostapd 0.7.3, and possibly other versions before 1.0, uses 0644 permissions for /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information such as credentials.

Affected products

• w1.fi Hostapd: version 0.7.3 only

Published 2012-06-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.