CVE-2026-25532 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-25532: ESF-IDF is Vulnerable to WPS Enrollee Fragment Integer Underflow

Vendor Espressif
Product esp-idf
Weakness CWE-191
Published February 4, 2026
Last update February 4, 2026

CVSS base score

6.3/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

ESF-IDF is the Espressif Internet of Things (IOT) Development Framework. In versions 5.5.2, 5.4.3, 5.3.4, 5.2.6, and 5.1.6, a vulnerability exists in the WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) Enrollee implementation where malformed EAP-WSC packets with truncated payloads can cause integer underflow during fragment length calculation. When processing EAP-Expanded (WSC) messages, the code computes frag_len by subtracting header sizes from the total packet length. If an attacker sends a packet where the EAP Length field covers only the header and flags but omits the expected payload (such as the 2-byte Message Length field when WPS_MSG_FLAG_LEN is set), frag_len becomes negative. This negative value is then implicitly cast to size_t when passed to wpabuf_put_data(), resulting in a very large unsigned value. This issue has been patched in versions 5.5.3, 5.4.4, 5.3.5, 5.2.7, and 5.1.7.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 4, 2026 CVE published
February 4, 2026 Record updated