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wpa: vulnerability history, versions and safety

wpa is a package in the Debian ecosystem. Vulert records 67 vulnerabilities for it across 41 releases, from Oct 2012 to Jun 2026. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.

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67 vulnerabilities recorded U67
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6 with no fix published

No patched version yet — these are the ones to plan around.

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1 in the last 12 months

Most recent disclosure 30 Jun 2026.

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0 malicious-package vulnerabilities

No published version shipped hostile code.

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Vulert verdict on wpa i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Careful: 6 of the 67 vulnerabilities Vulert records for this package have no fix yet. Plan around those, or apply the workaround listed for each. The rest have a fixed version to move to.

Long-term outlook: usable, but needs attention 67 vulnerabilities on record across 13 years, 1 in the last year.

What to do: Plan around the 6 vulnerabilities with no published fix: each lists the affected range and any workaround that reduces exposure. No fix yet: Vulert alerts you the moment one is published. Monitor it with Vulert →

  • Vulnerabilities on record 67 over 13 years · 1 in the last year i
  • Latest disclosure 30 Jun 2026 i
  • Highest CVSS 7.8 i
  • With no published fix 6 i

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01 Versions

Which versions are affected

Every version Vulert holds for wpa, newest first, with the vulnerabilities that name it. A version with a count of zero has no recorded vulnerabilities; open a version to see the vulnerabilities it is exposed to.

Newest 41 of 41 versions on record. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.

02 Disclosure history

How often vulnerabilities are recorded

  • 2012 2
  • 2014 2
  • 2015 16
  • 2016 4
  • 2017 6
  • 2018 7
  • 2019 15
  • 2020 2
  • 2021 3
  • 2022 2
  • 2024 4
  • 2025 3
  • 2026 1

Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 1 of the 67 were recorded in the last 12 months.

03 Vulnerabilities

Recorded vulnerabilities for wpa

The 5 most severe of 67 vulnerabilities recorded for this package

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Vulnerability Severity Fixed version ↓ Disclosed ↓
Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in wpa_supplicant on Ubuntu 7.8 high 2:2.9.0-21+deb11u2 07 Aug 2024
Low-quality PRNG vulnerability in wpa package 7.5 high 2:2.6-7 23 Mar 2019
Deterministic Randomness Vulnerability in WPA Package - CVE-2019-10064 7.5 high 2:2.6-7 28 Feb 2020
CVE-2017-13084: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) STSL Transient Key Reinstallation 6.8 medium No fix published 17 Oct 2017
Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in hostapd 2.6 6.5 medium 2:2.9+git20200213+877d9a0-1 12 Dec 2019

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Updated: 23/Oct/2026 · Vulnerabilities in our DB: 524315

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Questions

About wpa

Is wpa safe to use?

Vulert records 67 vulnerabilities for wpa in Debian: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low, plus 67 not yet rated. 6 of them have no published fix yet, so those are the ones to avoid or mitigate.

How many vulnerabilities does wpa have?

67 vulnerabilities are recorded for wpa in the Debian ecosystem: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low, plus 67 not yet rated. The ledger on this page lists the same counts next to the date of the most recent disclosure.

How often are new wpa vulnerabilities disclosed?

1 vulnerability was recorded for wpa in the last 12 months, and the oldest entry in this database dates to 10 Oct 2012. Recency matters more than a lifetime total: it shows how actively new issues are being disclosed for the package you are considering.

Which versions of wpa are affected?

Each vulnerability on this page lists the affected version range and the fixed version to move to. Open the vulnerability for the version you actually run — fixes are specific to a release line, not to the package as a whole.

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