An encryption-bypass issue was discovered on Espressif ESP-IDF devices through 4.2, ESP8266_NONOS_SDK devices through 3.0.3, and ESP8266_RTOS_SDK devices through 3.3. Broadcasting forged beacon frames forces a device to change its authentication mode to OPEN, effectively disabling its 802.11 encryption.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T12:04:22.314Z

Reserved: 2020-05-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-12638

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-07-23T16:15:12.490

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:59:57.530

Link: CVE-2020-12638

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