hostapd fails to process crafted RADIUS packets properly. When hostapd authenticates wi-fi devices with RADIUS authentication, an attacker in the position between the hostapd and the RADIUS server may inject crafted RADIUS packets and force RADIUS authentications to fail.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4492-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2026-78807: missing validation in driver-based PMKSA selection within wpa_supplicant can allow local     security       bypasses (bsc#1280914).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The AlmaLinux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1790066310 advisory.

  - hostapd fails to process crafted RADIUS packets properly. When hostapd authenticates wi-fi devices with     RADIUS authentication, an attacker in the position between the hostapd and the RADIUS server may inject     crafted RADIUS packets and force RADIUS authentications to fail. (CVE-2025-24912)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Rocky Linux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1790066310 advisory.

  - hostapd fails to process crafted RADIUS packets properly. When hostapd authenticates wi-fi devices with     RADIUS authentication, an attacker in the position between the hostapd and the RADIUS server may inject     crafted RADIUS packets and force RADIUS authentications to fail. (CVE-2025-24912)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1786108949 advisory.

  - hostapd fails to process crafted RADIUS packets properly. When hostapd authenticates wi-fi devices with     RADIUS authentication, an attacker in the position between the hostapd and the RADIUS server may inject     crafted RADIUS packets and force RADIUS authentications to fail. (CVE-2025-24912)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2026:3159-1 advisory.

    This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issue:

    - CVE-2025-24912: hostapd RADIUS authentication of wi-fi devices allows a user in between the hostapd and     the RADIUS       server to inject crafted RADIUS packets and force RADIUS authentications to fail (bsc#1239461).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3103-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-24912: hostapd RADIUS authentication of wi-fi devices allows a user in between the hostapd and     the RADIUS       server to inject crafted RADIUS packets and force RADIUS authentications to fail (bsc#1239461).
    - CVE-2026-58374: missing bounds check in AP-mode Wi-Fi 7 (IEEE 802.11be) MLO association request     processing allows an       unauthenticated user to send a crafted management frame and cause an out-of-bounds write (bsc#1269892).
    - Missing network context validation for PMKSA caching https://w1.fi/security/2026-2/
    - Unexpected SAE commit message contents terminating `wpa_supplicant` https://w1.fi/security/2026-3/

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2025:0284 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2025-24912:
    hostapd fails to process crafted RADIUS packets properly. When hostapd authenticates wi-fi devices with     RADIUS authentication, an attacker in the position between the hostapd and the RADIUS server may inject     crafted RADIUS packets and force RADIUS authentications to fail.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - hostapd fails to process crafted RADIUS packets properly. When hostapd authenticates wi-fi devices with     RADIUS authentication, an attacker in the position between the hostapd and the RADIUS server may inject     crafted RADIUS packets and force RADIUS authentications to fail. (CVE-2025-24912)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of wpa_supplicant installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-24912 advisory.

  - hostapd fails to process crafted RADIUS packets properly. When hostapd authenticates wi-fi devices with     RADIUS authentication, an attacker in the position between the hostapd and the RADIUS server May inject     crafted RADIUS packets and force RADIUS authentications to fail. (CVE-2025-24912)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of wpa_supplicant installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-24912 advisory.

  - hostapd fails to process crafted RADIUS packets properly. When hostapd authenticates wi-fi devices with     RADIUS authentication, an attacker in the position between the hostapd and the RADIUS server May inject     crafted RADIUS packets and force RADIUS authentications to fail. (CVE-2025-24912)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0977-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-24912: Fixed hostapd failing to process crafted RADIUS packets properly (bsc#1239461)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
363074	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2026:4492-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
360281	AlmaLinux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: hostapd / hostapd-logwatch (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1790066310)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	Local	low
360116	Rocky Linux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: hostapd / hostapd-logwatch (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1790066310)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	low
360034	AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: hostapd / hostapd-logwatch (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1786108949)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	Local	low
328901	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2026:3159-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	low
327734	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2026:3103-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
276246	TencentOS Server 4: hostapd (TSSA-2025:0284)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	Local	low
260211	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-24912	Nessus	Misc.	Local	low
234531	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: wpa_supplicant (CVE-2025-24912)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	Local	low
234297	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: wpa_supplicant (CVE-2025-24912)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	Local	low
233203	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2025:0977-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	low

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