Auth bypass in Freeradius

CVE-2017-9148

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.039 (89.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

  • Freeradius — versions 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9148?
CVE-2017-9148 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Freeradius, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-05-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-9148?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-9148 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.