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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: 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.

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3 Nov 2026, 15:00 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2025-24912

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Mar 2025, 04:43 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2025-24912
Complete source record
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  "id": "54f893c162a757ebb6b2f36df4889fc827d8e42ab332f43410b4b808511c2e33",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24912",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2025-24912",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-24912",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:hostapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "hostap_2_9",
            "hostap_2_8",
            "hostap_2_7",
            "hostap_2_6",
            "hostap_2_5",
            "hostap_2_4",
            "hostap_2_3",
            "hostap_2_2",
            "hostap_2_1",
            "aosp-kk-from-upstream",
            "hostap_2_0",
            "aosp-jb-start",
            "hostap-1-bp",
            "hostap_0_7_2",
            "hostap_0_7_1",
            "hostap_0_7_0",
            "hostap_0_6_7",
            "hostap_0_6_6",
            "hostap_0_6_5",
            "hostap_0_6_4",
            "hostap_0_6_3"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:29.705915809Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN19358384/",
        "https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=339a334551ca911187cc870f4f97ef08e11db109",
        "https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=726432d7622cc0088ac353d073b59628b590ea44",
        "https://w1.fi/hostapd/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/24xxx/CVE-2025-24912.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24912"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-826"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "jpcert",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/24xxx/CVE-2025-24912.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2025-24912",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 496625,
  "published_at": "2025-03-12T04:43:54.87+00:00"
}