FreeRADIUS EAP-PWD compute_password_element information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in FreeRADIUS. Impacted is the function compute_password_element of the component EAP-PWD Handler. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-41859. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in FreeRADIUS (Network Authentication Software) (version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function compute_password_element of the component EAP-PWD Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 01/17/2023. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-41859 since 09/30/2022. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 236561 (Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0087: freeradius:3.0 (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0087)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (236561) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-45023). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 236561
Nessus Name: Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0087: freeradius:3.0 (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0087)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

09/30/2022 🔍
01/17/2023 +109 days 🔍
01/17/2023 +0 days 🔍
08/10/2026 +1301 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-41859 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-41859
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-218498
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/17/2023 20:37
Updated: 08/10/2026 19:23
Changes: 01/17/2023 20:37 (40), 02/09/2023 14:11 (11), 04/08/2025 01:24 (16), 05/21/2025 21:20 (2), 08/10/2026 19:23 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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