hostapd 0.7.3, and possibly other versions before 1.0, uses 0644 permissions for /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf, which might allow local users…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824660 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20120523 Re: CVE request(?): hostapd: improper file permissions of hostapd's config leaks credentials (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20120523 Re: CVE request(?): hostapd: improper file permissions of hostapd's config leaks credentials (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• MDVSA-2012:168 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2012-8611 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740964 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20120523 CVE request(?): hostapd: improper file permissions of hostapd's config leaks credentials (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 19:34 UTC.