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.

Published: 2025-03-12 Last update: 2025-10-24 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-24912 is rated Low Risk (18/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-24912

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 2026-04-20 0.16% 0.03% -0.12%
2 2025-11-21 0.30% 0.16% -0.14%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.30% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-24912

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.7 3.0 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L 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:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 2.2 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-24912

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-24912

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-24912: 1 source package rows (hostapd); 42 state rows across 6 repos (3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, 3.23-main, edge-main); fixed 0, open 42. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-24912
debian unimportant CVE-2025-24912 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wpa), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-24912
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-24912
suse low CVE-2025-24912 severity low: SUSE including 7 source package names (hostapd-2.11-2.1, wpa_supplicant, …), 43 product×package rows across 40 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, … (40 product lines)): Known Not Affected 36, Fixed 7. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-24912/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-24912 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wpa), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 7, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-24912

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-24912

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
w1.fi hostapd <= 2.11 cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:hostapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-24912

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