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[wifi] Default ESP8266 min_auth_mode to WPA2 (#16682)

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Jonathan Swoboda
2026-05-26 18:47:40 -04:00
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@@ -326,23 +326,9 @@ def validate_variant(_):
def _apply_min_auth_mode_default(config):
"""Apply platform-specific default for min_auth_mode and warn ESP8266 users."""
# Only apply defaults for platforms that support min_auth_mode
"""Apply platform-specific default for min_auth_mode."""
if CONF_MIN_AUTH_MODE not in config and (CORE.is_esp8266 or CORE.is_esp32):
if CORE.is_esp8266:
_LOGGER.warning(
"The minimum WiFi authentication mode (wifi -> min_auth_mode) is not set. "
"This controls the weakest encryption your device will accept when connecting to WiFi. "
"Currently defaults to WPA (less secure), but will change to WPA2 (more secure) in 2026.6.0. "
"WPA uses TKIP encryption which has known security vulnerabilities and should be avoided. "
"WPA2 uses AES encryption which is significantly more secure. "
"To silence this warning, explicitly set min_auth_mode under 'wifi:'. "
"If your router supports WPA2 or WPA3, set 'min_auth_mode: WPA2'. "
"If your router only supports WPA, set 'min_auth_mode: WPA'."
)
config[CONF_MIN_AUTH_MODE] = VALIDATE_WIFI_MIN_AUTH_MODE("WPA")
elif CORE.is_esp32:
config[CONF_MIN_AUTH_MODE] = VALIDATE_WIFI_MIN_AUTH_MODE("WPA2")
config[CONF_MIN_AUTH_MODE] = VALIDATE_WIFI_MIN_AUTH_MODE("WPA2")
return config