CVE-2023-52161: Intel Inet Wireless Daemon

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Access Point functionality in eapol_auth_key_handle in eapol.c in iNet wireless daemon (IWD) before 2.14 allows attackers to gain unauthorized access to a protected Wi-Fi network. An attacker can complete the EAPOL handshake by skipping Msg2/4 and instead sending Msg4/4 with an all-zero key.

Affected products

• Intel Inet Wireless Daemon: before 2.14 (fixed in 2.14)

Published 2024-02-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.