What is CVE-2022-37660?

CVE-2022-37660 is a medium-severity vulnerability in W1.fi Hostapd, classified under Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2022-37660?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-37660 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in W1.fi Hostapd

CVE-2022-37660

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 bootstr…

EPSS: 0.003 (25.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

W1.fi Hostapd
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-323 — Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-37660?: CVE-2022-37660 is a medium-severity vulnerability in W1.fi Hostapd, classified under Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-37660?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-37660 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.