HomeFreeradiusCVE-2022-41859

CVE-2022-41859

HIGH
7.5CVSS
Published: 2023-01-17
Updated: 2025-11-03
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Description

In freeradius, the EAP-PWD function compute_password_element() leaks information about the password which allows an attacker to substantially reduce the size of an offline dictionary attack.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Weaknesses
CWE-200CWE-522

Metadata

Primary Vendor
FREERADIUS
Published
1/17/2023
Last Modified
11/3/2025
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

freeradius : freeradius

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