Pass the SALT 2026

OWE Pentest
2026-07-01 , Amphitheater 122

What is OWE (Opportunistic Wi-Fi Encryption)? How does it work? How to pentest it?


OWE has been standardized in 2018 alongside WPA3, using the same kind of handshake (SAE) to encrypt the traffic on the air. This talk aims to introduce the audience to the SAE handshake, and the weaknesses of “WPA3-Open”/OWE, the encrypted open Wi-Fi.


Slides: pts2026/question_uploads/PTS26-Rump_-_OWE_Pentest_xr0fRNv.pdf
See also: My own listing of AKM and Cipher suites (375.9 KB)

Yet another Pentester. Working in an internal red team for a big telecommunications company in the Netherlands.