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CVE-2022-41859

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-01-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

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.

Affected products

• freeradius: before 3.0.0 — fixed in 3.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: freeradius 3.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://freeradius.org/security/
• https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/commit/9e5e8f2f
• https://freeradius.org/security/
• https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/commit/9e5e8f2f
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00030.html

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