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TI-2019-07466 Aliases CVE-2019-10143GHSA-5x22-w79m-34gq

Race condition in freeradius

Priority HIGH 66CWE-250Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-250.

Summary

It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue."

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00345 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 5 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
freeradiusfreeradiusaffects <= 3.0.19—No fix listedCNA
  • freeradius Vendorfreeradius Affected affects <= 3.0.19 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.0.19Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*29VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*30VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.0.19 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 29 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 30 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2020:3984 Released 2020-09-29 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    freeradius security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) freeradius-3.0.13-15.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) freeradius-devel-3.0.13-15.el7, freeradius-devel-3.0.13-15.el7.ppc, freeradius-doc-3.0.13-15.el7 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) freeradius-3.0.13-15.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) freeradius-devel-3.0.13-15.el7, freeradius-doc-3.0.13-15.el7, freeradius-krb5-3.0.13-15.el7 +8
  • RHSA-2019:3353 Released 2019-11-05 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    freeradius:3.0 security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) freeradius-3.0.17-6.module+el8.1.0+3392+9bd8939b.aarch64::freeradius:3.0, freeradius-3.0.17-6.module+el8.1.0+3392+9bd8939b.ppc64le::freeradius:3.0, freeradius-3.0.17-6.module+el8.1.0+3392+9bd8939b.s390x::freeradius:3.0 +46

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2019:3353
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:3984
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:3984
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:3984
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:3984

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-10143
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5x22-w79m-34gq

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 6

  • 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
  • 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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