High
Security advisory
hostapd before 2.6 does not prevent use of the low-quality PRNG that is reached by an os_random() function call.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-10743
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
hostapd before 2.6 does not prevent use of the low-quality PRNG that is reached by an os_random() function call.
osv:CVE-2016-10743
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10743",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2016-10743",
"summary": "hostapd before 2.6 does not prevent use of the low-quality PRNG that is reached by an os_random() function call.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-10743",
"products": [],
"severity": "high",
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"aliases": [
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"metrics": [
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"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
}
],
"affected": [
{
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"repo": "https://git.w1.fi/cgit/hostap",
"type": "GIT",
"events": [
{
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},
{
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"database_specific": {
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"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:hostapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"range": [
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{
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}
],
"source": "CPE_RANGE"
},
{
"range": [
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"source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
}
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}
],
"versions": [
"hostap_2_5",
"hostap_2_4",
"hostap_2_3",
"hostap_2_2",
"hostap_2_1",
"aosp-kk-from-upstream",
"hostap_2_0",
"aosp-jb-start",
"hostap-1-bp",
"hostap_0_7_2",
"hostap_0_7_1",
"hostap_0_7_0",
"hostap_0_6_7",
"hostap_0_6_6",
"hostap_0_6_5",
"hostap_0_6_4",
"hostap_0_6_3"
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10743.json"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:29.320776681Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00035.html",
"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3944-1/",
"https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389"
],
"provider_metadata": {}
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2016-10743",
"evidence": "/id"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 379424,
"published_at": "2019-03-23T19:29:00.21+00:00"
}