FreeRADIUS RADIUS server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU…
Priority LOW 26Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
FreeRADIUS RADIUS server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of Access-Request packets.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01449 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | all versions | Vulnerable | freeradius |
- cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·freeradius
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0318
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-56mp-3v3v-cq2j
More Freeradius vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-07466 Race condition in freeradius CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
- TI-2024-03351 RADIUS Protocol under RFC2865 is vulnerable to forgery attacks. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2019-08409 FreeRADIUS before 3.0.19 does not prevent use of reflection for authentication spoofing… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-08061 An FR-GV-202 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 allows "Write overflow in… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-08066 An FR-GV-301 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Write overflow in… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-06599 The TLS session cache in FreeRADIUS 2.1.1 through 2.1.7, 3.0.x before 3.0.14, 3.1.x… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2002-0318 · CVE Program
- CVE-2002-0318 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-56mp-3v3v-cq2j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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