Vulnerability Report

CVE-2022-41859

Title: Freeradius

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2022-41859.

CWE Category CWE-522
Published Date Jan 17, 2023
Modified Date Nov 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.22%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-41859: 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.

Impacted Vendors

F
freeradius 1

Reference Links

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
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2022-41859 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.