CVE-2020-26140

Description

An issue was discovered in the ALFA Windows 10 driver 6.1316.1209 for AWUS036H. The WEP, WPA, WPA2, and WPA3 implementations accept plaintext frames in a protected Wi-Fi network. An adversary can abuse this to inject arbitrary data frames independent of the network configuration.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.15%
Vendor Advisory cisco.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-wifi-faf-22epcEWu third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.fragattacks.com third party advisory
https://github.com/vanhoefm/fragattacks/blob/master/SUMMARY.md third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/12 third party advisory mailing list
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-913875.pdf third party advisory
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/12602-security-advisory-63 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-26140?
CVE-2020-26140 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-26140?
To fix CVE-2020-26140, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-26140 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-26140 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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