diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wpa3.c b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wpa3.c
index 4ce92b10d3..d2ed8e4456 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wpa3.c
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wpa3.c
@@ -172,6 +172,60 @@ static u8 *wpa3_build_sae_msg(u8 *bssid, u32 sae_msg_type, size_t *sae_msg_len)
     return buf;
 }
 
+static int wpa3_sae_is_group_enabled(int group)
+{
+    int *groups = NULL;
+    int default_groups[] = { 19, 0 };
+    int i;
+
+    if (!groups) {
+        groups = default_groups;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; groups[i] > 0; i++) {
+        if (groups[i] == group) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int wpa3_check_sae_rejected_groups(const struct wpabuf *groups)
+{
+    size_t i, count, len;
+    const u8 *pos;
+
+    if (!groups) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    pos = wpabuf_head(groups);
+    len = wpabuf_len(groups);
+    if (len & 1) {
+        wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG,
+                   "SAE: Invalid length of the Rejected Groups element payload: %zu",
+                   len);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    count = len / 2;
+    for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+        int enabled;
+        u16 group;
+
+        group = WPA_GET_LE16(pos);
+        pos += 2;
+        enabled = wpa3_sae_is_group_enabled(group);
+        wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "SAE: Rejected group %u is %s",
+                   group, enabled ? "enabled" : "disabled");
+        if (enabled) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static int wpa3_parse_sae_commit(u8 *buf, u32 len, u16 status)
 {
     int ret;
@@ -208,6 +262,9 @@ static int wpa3_parse_sae_commit(u8 *buf, u32 len, u16 status)
         wpa_printf(MSG_ERROR, "wpa3: could not parse commit(%d)", ret);
         return ret;
     }
+    if (g_sae_data.tmp && wpa3_check_sae_rejected_groups(g_sae_data.tmp->peer_rejected_groups)) {
+        return -1;
+    }
 
     ret = sae_process_commit(&g_sae_data);
     if (ret) {
diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/src/common/sae.c b/components/wpa_supplicant/src/common/sae.c
index c18b409969..77fe281cd4 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/src/common/sae.c
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/src/common/sae.c
@@ -2025,8 +2025,11 @@ static int sae_parse_rejected_groups(struct sae_data *sae,
 
 	wpa_hexdump(MSG_DEBUG, "SAE: Possible elements at the end of the frame",
 		    *pos, end - *pos);
-	if (!sae_is_rejected_groups_elem(*pos, end))
+	if (!sae_is_rejected_groups_elem(*pos, end)) {
+		wpabuf_free(sae->tmp->peer_rejected_groups);
+		sae->tmp->peer_rejected_groups = NULL;
 		return WLAN_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+	}
 
 	epos = *pos;
 	epos++; /* skip IE type */
@@ -2036,6 +2039,12 @@ static int sae_parse_rejected_groups(struct sae_data *sae,
 	epos++; /* skip ext ID */
 	len--;
 
+	if (len & 1) {
+		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG,
+			   "SAE: Invalid length of the Rejected Groups element payload: %u",
+			   len);
+		return WLAN_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED_FAILURE;
+	}
 	wpabuf_free(sae->tmp->peer_rejected_groups);
 	sae->tmp->peer_rejected_groups = wpabuf_alloc(len);
 	if (!sae->tmp->peer_rejected_groups)
@@ -2086,6 +2095,9 @@ u16 sae_parse_commit(struct sae_data *sae, const u8 *data, size_t len,
 		res = sae_parse_rejected_groups(sae, &pos, end);
 		if (res != WLAN_STATUS_SUCCESS)
 			return res;
+	} else {
+		wpabuf_free(sae->tmp->peer_rejected_groups);
+		sae->tmp->peer_rejected_groups = NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* Optional Anti-Clogging Token Container element */