Vulnerability Report

CVE-2024-3596

Title: Freeradius Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2024-3596

CWE Category CWE-354
Published Date Jul 09, 2024
Modified Date May 12, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 9.0 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
22.16%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-3596: RADIUS Protocol under RFC 2865 is susceptible to forgery attacks by a local attacker who can modify any valid Response (Access-Accept, Access-Reject, or Access-Challenge) to any other response using a chosen-prefix collision attack against MD5 Response Authenticator signature.

Impacted Vendors

F
freeradius 1
B
broadcom 1

Reference Links

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/09/4 https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-723487.html https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794185.html https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-radext-deprecating-radius/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2865 https://networkradius.com/assets/pdf/radius_and_md5_collisions.pdf https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2024-0014 https://www.blastradius.fail/ http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/09/4 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-radext-deprecating-radius/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2865 https://networkradius.com/assets/pdf/radius_and_md5_collisions.pdf https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2024-0014 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240822-0001/ https://today.ucsd.edu/story/computer-scientists-discover-vulnerabilities-in-a-popular-security-protocol https://www.blastradius.fail/ https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/456537
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.0
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity CRITICAL
9.0
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2024-3596 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/alperenugurlu/CVE-2024-3596-Detector
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.