HighFix available
freeradius — security advisory
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.
- Products
- freeradius
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.0.26-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-41859
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2022-41859
freeradius
Fixed versions: 3.0.26-r0
freeradius
Fixed versions: 3.0.26-r0
Complete source record
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