SUSE-SU-2026:3490-1: low: Security update for wpa_supplicant

# Security update for wpa_supplicant

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3490-1  
Release Date: 2026-08-04T11:58:39Z  
Rating: low  
References:

  * bsc#1239461

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2025-24912

  
CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2025-24912 ( SUSE ):  3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  * CVE-2025-24912 ( NVD ):  3.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

  
Affected Products:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

  
  
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issues:

  * CVE-2025-24912: hostapd RADIUS authentication of wi-fi devices allows a user
    in between the hostapd and the RADIUS server to inject crafted RADIUS
    packets and force RADIUS authentications to fail (bsc#1239461).
  * Missing network context validation for PMKSA caching
    https://w1.fi/security/2026-2/
  * Unexpected SAE commit message contents terminating `wpa_supplicant`
    https://w1.fi/security/2026-3/

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-3490=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-3490=1

## Package List:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.10-150500.3.6.1
    * wpa_supplicant-gui-debuginfo-2.10-150500.3.6.1
    * wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.10-150500.3.6.1
    * wpa_supplicant-gui-2.10-150500.3.6.1
    * wpa_supplicant-2.10-150500.3.6.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.10-150500.3.6.1
    * wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.10-150500.3.6.1
    * wpa_supplicant-2.10-150500.3.6.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-24912.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1239461