CVE-2022-41859 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Freeradius	Freeradius
Redhat	Enterprise Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
freeradius:3.0-8080020221214103624.89170a74	cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8	RHSA-2023:2870	2023-05-16T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
freeradius-0:3.0.21-37.el9	cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9	RHSA-2023:2166	2023-05-09T00:00:00Z

References

Link	Providers
https://freeradius.org/security/
https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/commit/9e5e8f2f
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00030.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41859
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41859

History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00030.html

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00136}`	epss `{'score': 0.0014}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2023-01-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T19:27:37.502Z

Reserved: 2022-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-41859

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T19:27:37.502Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-17T18:15:11.287

Modified: 2025-11-03T20:15:57.410

Link: CVE-2022-41859

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-04-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-41859 - Bugzilla

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