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TI-2017-06599 Aliases CVE-2017-9148GHSA-qvp7-wcjq-6rv5

The TLS session cache in FreeRADIUS 2.1.1 through 2.1.7, 3.0.x before 3.0.14, 3.1.x…

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

The TLS session cache in FreeRADIUS 2.1.1 through 2.1.7, 3.0.x before 3.0.14, 3.1.x before 2017-02-04, and 4.0.x before 2017-02-04 fails to reliably prevent resumption of an unauthenticated session, which allows remote attackers (such as malicious 802.1X supplicants) to bypass authentication via PEAP or TTLS.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03914 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 21

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.1Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.2Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.3Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.4Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.6Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.7Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.0Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.1Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.2Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.3Vulnerablefreeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.1 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.2 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.3 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.4 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.6 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.7 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.1 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.2 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.3 Vulnerable ·freeradius
Show 11 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.4Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.5Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.6Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.7Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.8Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.9Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.0Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.1Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.2Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.3Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.0Vulnerablefreeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.4 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.5 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.6 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.7 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.8 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.9 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.0 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.1 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.2 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.3 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 Vulnerable ·freeradius

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2017:1581 Released 2017-06-28 · Red Hat rating Important
    freeradius security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) freeradius-3.0.4-8.el7_3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) freeradius-devel-3.0.4-8.el7_3, freeradius-devel-3.0.4-8.el7_3.ppc, freeradius-doc-3.0.4-8.el7_3 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) freeradius-3.0.4-8.el7_3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) freeradius-devel-3.0.4-8.el7_3, freeradius-doc-3.0.4-8.el7_3, freeradius-krb5-3.0.4-8.el7_3 +8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:1581
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:1581
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:1581
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:1581
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-9148
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qvp7-wcjq-6rv5
  3. 2026-10-06 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • 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-2019-08410 FreeRADIUS before 3.0.19 mishandles the "each participant verifies that the received… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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