Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2019-15126 – Cisco Wi-Fi Protected Network and Wi-Fi Protected Network 2 Vulnerability

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

The vulnerability exists because after an affected device handles a disassociation event it could send a limited number of Wi-Fi frames encrypted with a static, weak PTK. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by acquiring these frames and decrypting them with the static PTK. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to decrypt Wi-Fi frames without the knowledge of the security session establishment used to secure the Wi-Fi network.

Impact

Information Disclosure

Remediation

Cisco will released the upgraded patches to address the vulnerability. List of affected products can be found here: https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20200226-wi-fi-info-disclosure