CVE-2022-41859

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.

Published: 2023-01-17 Last update: 2025-11-03 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-41859 is rated Moderate Risk (43.1/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.16%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-41859

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-04 0.14% 0.16% +0.02%
2 2025-11-23 0.18% 0.14% -0.03%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.18% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-41859

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-41859

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-41859

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-41859 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (freeradius), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-41859
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-41859
suse medium CVE-2022-41859 severity moderate: SUSE including 133 source package names (freeradius-3.0.20-14.module+el8.8.0+17558+3f8a93b9, freeradius-3.0.21-37.el9, …), 567 product×package rows across 55 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (55 product lines)): Fixed 566, Known Not Affected 1. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-41859/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-41859 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (freeradius), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 3, not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-41859

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-41859

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freeradius freeradius < 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-41859

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