CVE-2022-41859

high

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.

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00030.html

https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/commit/9e5e8f2f

https://freeradius.org/security/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-01-17

Updated: 2025-11-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N