# CVE-2022-47522: The IEEE 802.11 specifications through 802.11ax allow physically proximate attackers to intercept (possibly cleartext) target-destined frame

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2023-04-15 · Updated: 2025-02-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The IEEE 802.11 specifications through 802.11ax allow physically proximate attackers to intercept (possibly cleartext) target-destined frames by spoofing a target's MAC address, sending Power Save frames to the access point, and then sending other frames to the access point (such as authentication frames or re-association frames) to remove the target's original security context. This behavior occurs because the specifications do not require an access point to purge its transmit queue before removing a client's pairwise encryption key.

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## References

- https://www.wi-fi.org/discover-wi-fi/passpoint
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2023-0006
- https://papers.mathyvanhoef.com/usenix2023-wifi.pdf
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-23:11.wifi.asc
- https://github.com/toffeenutt/CVE-2022-47522-PoC

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