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Security advisory
The EAP peer implementation in Espressif ESP-IDF 2.0.0 through 4.0.0 and ESP8266_NONOS_SDK 2.2.0 through 3.1.0 processes EAP Success messages before any EAP method completion or failure, which allows attackers in radio range to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-12586
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The EAP peer implementation in Espressif ESP-IDF 2.0.0 through 4.0.0 and ESP8266_NONOS_SDK 2.2.0 through 3.1.0 processes EAP Success messages before any EAP method completion or failure, which allows attackers in radio range to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message.
osv:CVE-2019-12586
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12586",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
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"title": "CVE-2019-12586",
"summary": "The EAP peer implementation in Espressif ESP-IDF 2.0.0 through 4.0.0 and ESP8266_NONOS_SDK 2.2.0 through 3.1.0 processes EAP Success messages before any EAP method completion or failure, which allows attackers in radio range to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-12586",
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"metrics": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
}
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"affected": [
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"type": "GIT",
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"source": "CPE_RANGE"
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{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:espressif:arduino-esp32:1.0.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:espressif:arduino-esp32:1.0.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:espressif:arduino-esp32:1.0.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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},
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}
],
"versions": [
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"1.0.3-rc1",
"1.0.3-rc2",
"1.0.2",
"1.0.2-rc2",
"1.0.2-rc1",
"1.0.1",
"1.0.1-rc4",
"1.0.1-rc3",
"1.0.1-rc2",
"1.0.1-rc1",
"1.0.0",
"1.0.0-rc4",
"1.0.0-rc3",
"1.0.0-rc2",
"1.0.0-rc1",
"1.0.0-RC0"
],
"database_specific": {
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}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:21.770538733Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://github.com/espressif",
"https://matheus-garbelini.github.io/home/post/esp32-esp8266-eap-crash/",
"https://github.com/Matheus-Garbelini/esp32_esp8266_attacks"
],
"provider_metadata": {
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{
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"cpe:2.3:a:espressif:esp-idf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"vendor_product": "espressif:esp-idf",
"extracted_events": [
{
"range": [
{
"introduced": "2.0.0"
},
{
"last_affected": "4.0.0"
}
],
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}
]
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:espressif:esp8266_nonos_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"vendor_product": "espressif:esp8266_nonos_sdk",
"extracted_events": [
{
"range": [
{
"introduced": "2.2.0"
},
{
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}
],
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}
]
}
]
}
},
"related_cves": [
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"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 430560,
"published_at": "2019-09-04T20:15:10.607+00:00"
}