CVE-2019-5062: w1.fi Hostapd

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: version 2.6 only

Published 2019-12-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.